Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
Ver. 12. Then certain of the heads.] So mightily did the word of God in the mouth of this one prophet work upon them; although he used not the Lord's name unto them, because he thought them, saith Jerome, for their idolatries, unworthy.