Then a man of God came to [Amaziah]. [The Sages] say (Avot de-Rabbi Natan [Schechter] B:37) that this is Amoz, the father of the prophet Isaiah.

God will make you fall before the enemy. This means: If the army of Israel comes with you then God will make you fall, and if not then He will help you—for in God there is power to help someone or to make someone fall.

Let us meet each other—to do battle.

And you are ambitious lehakhbid. [This means]: to wage more wars, as in “ve-hikhbadtim—they will not become few” (Jer 30:19), which means: I will multiply them.

Until the Poneh (=Facing) Gate. In Kings, however, [it says] “until the Pinnah (=Corner) Gate” (2 Kgs 14:13). A pinnah is called a poneh because the corner of a wall is its striking part, which catches the eye.

Was with Obed-edom. This refers to Obed-edom’s descendants, who were chief officers over the treasuries after he was.

And the intermingled sons. [This refers to] sons of officers, whom kings give to one another as security for a peace agreement between them—outagi (=hostage) in the vernacular.