“1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 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. 3 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. 4
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 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. 6 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. 7 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.”
“8 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.
9 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. 10
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?
11 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. 12 And Judah was put to the
worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 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. 14 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.”
“15 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? 16 And Jehoash slept
with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel;
and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
[are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? 19 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.
20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took
Azariah, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his
father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that
the king slept with his fathers.”
“23 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. 24 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. 25 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. 26 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. 27 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. 28 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? 29 And
Jeroboam slept with his fathers, [even] with the kings of Israel; and
Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.” (2 Kings 14:1-29 AV)
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