In the second year
of Joash
son
of Jehoahaz
king
of Israel
reigned
Amaziah
the son
of Joash
king
of Judah
.
He was twenty and five
years
old
when he began to reign
, and reigned
twenty
and nine
years
in Jerusalem
. And his mother's
name
was Jehoaddan
of Jerusalem
.
And he did that which was right
in the sight
of the LORD
, yet
not like David
his father
: he did
according to all things as Joash
his father
did
.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away
: as yet
the people
did sacrifice
and burnt incense
on the high places
.
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed
in his hand
, that he slew
his servants
which had slain
the king
his father
.
But the children of the murderers
he slew
not: according unto that which is written
in the book
of the law
of Moses
, wherein the LORD
commanded
, saying
, The fathers
shall not be put to death
for the children
, nor the children
be put to death
for the fathers
; but every man
shall be put to death
for his own sin
.
He slew of Edom
in the valley
of salt
ten
thousand
, and took
Selah
by war
, and called
the name
of it Joktheel
unto this day
.
Then Amaziah sent
messengers
to Jehoash
, the son
of Jehoahaz
son
of Jehu
, king
of Israel
, saying
, Come
, let us look
one another in the face
.
And Jehoash the king
of Israel
sent
to Amaziah
king
of Judah
, saying
, The thistle
that was in Lebanon
sent
to the cedar
that was in Lebanon
, saying
, Give
thy daughter
to my son
to wife
: and there passed
by a wild
beast
that was in Lebanon
, and trode down
the thistle
.
Thou hast indeed smitten
Edom
, and thine heart
hath lifted thee up
: glory
of this , and tarry
at home
: for why shouldest thou meddle
to thy hurt
, that thou shouldest fall
, even thou, and Judah
with thee?
But Amaziah would not hear
. Therefore Jehoash
king
of Israel
went up
; and he and Amaziah
king
of Judah
looked
one another in the face
at Bethshemesh
, which belongeth to Judah
.
And Judah was put to the worse
before
Israel
; and they fled
every man
to their tents
.
And Jehoash king
of Israel
took
Amaziah
king
of Judah
, the son
of Jehoash
the son
of Ahaziah
, at Bethshemesh
, and came
to Jerusalem
, and brake down
the wall
of Jerusalem
from the gate
of Ephraim
unto the corner
gate
, four
hundred
cubits
.
And he took all the gold
and silver
, and all the vessels
that were found
in the house
of the LORD
, and in the treasures
of the king's
house
, and hostages
, and returned
to Samaria
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Jehoash
which he did
, and his might
, and how he fought
with Amaziah
king
of Judah
, are they not written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Israel
?
And Jehoash slept
with his fathers
, and was buried
in Samaria
with the kings
of Israel
; and Jeroboam
his son
reigned
in his stead.
And Amaziah the son
of Joash
king
of Judah
lived
after
the death
of Jehoash
son
of Jehoahaz
king
of Israel
fifteen
years
.
And the rest of the acts
of Amaziah
, are they not written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Judah
?
Now they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem
: and he fled
to Lachish
; but they sent
after
him to Lachish
, and slew
him there.
And they brought him on horses
: and he was buried
at Jerusalem
with his fathers
in the city
of David
.
And all the people of Judah
took
Azariah
, which was sixteen
years
old
, and made him king
instead of his father
Amaziah
.
He built Elath
, and restored
it to Judah
, after
that the king
slept
with his fathers
.
In the fifteenth year
of Amaziah
the son
of Joash
king
of Judah
Jeroboam
the son
of Joash
king
of Israel
began to reign
in Samaria
, and reigned forty
and one
years
.
And he did that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
: he departed
not from all the sins
of Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat
, who made Israel
to sin
.
He restored the coast
of Israel
from the entering
of Hamath
unto the sea
of the plain
, according to the word
of the LORD
God
of Israel
, which he spake
by the hand
of his servant
Jonah
, the son
of Amittai
, the prophet
, which was of Gathhepher
.
For the LORD saw
the affliction
of Israel
, that it was very
bitter
: for there was not
any shut up
, nor any left
, nor any helper
for Israel
.
And the LORD said
not that he would blot out
the name
of Israel
from under heaven
: but he saved
them by the hand
of Jeroboam
the son
of Joash
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam
, and all that he did
, and his might
, how he warred
, and how he recovered
Damascus
, and Hamath
, which belonged to Judah
, for Israel
, are they not written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Israel
?
And Jeroboam slept
with his fathers
, even with the kings
of Israel
; and Zachariah
his son
reigned
in his stead.