But Amaziah would not hear,.... What the king of Israel advised him to, not to meddle to his hurt: for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies; Amaziah and his army into the hands of Joash and his; this was the will of God, and was brought about by his providence; and that it might be, Amaziah was given up to blindness and hardness of heart, as a punishment of his idolatry: because they sought after the gods of Edom; he and his nobles, and many of the people following his example; from hence to the end of the chapter the same things are recorded as in Kg2 14:11, see the notes there; see Gill on Kg2 14:11, Kg2 14:12, Kg2 14:13, Kg2 14:14, Kg2 14:15, Kg2 14:16, Kg2 14:17, Kg2 14:18, Kg2 14:19, Kg2 14:20 Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 26