2 Kings 14New King James Version (NKJV)
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
14 In the second year of Joash the son of
Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became
king. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became
king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did what
was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like his father
David; he did everything as his father Joash had done. 4 However
the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned
incense on the high places.
5 Now it happened, as soon as the
kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had
murdered his father the king. 6 But the children of
the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of
the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying, “Fathers shall
not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for
their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin.”[a]
7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in
the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this
day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to
Jehoash[b] the son of Jehoahaz,
the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in
battle.” 9 And Jehoash 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
your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in
Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle. 10 You
have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in
that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that
you fall—you and Judah with you?”
11 But Amaziah would not heed.
Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king of Judah
faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to
Judah. 12 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and
every man fled to his tent. 13 Then Jehoash king of
Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah,
at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem
from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits. 14 And
he took all the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house
of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and hostages,
and returned to Samaria.
15 Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoash which he did—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 So
Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of
Israel. Then Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
17 Amaziah the son of Joash, king of
Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king
of Israel. 18 Now the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 19 And they formed a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to
Lachish and killed him there. 20 Then 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,[c] who was sixteen
years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He
built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah
the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel,
became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. 24 And
he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. 25 He
restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the
Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had
spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from
Gath Hepher. 26 For the Lord saw that the
affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or
free, there was no helper for Israel. 27 And
the Lord did not say 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—his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured
for Israel, from Damascus and Hamath, what had belonged to
Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? 29 So Jeroboam rested with his
fathers, the kings of Israel. Then Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 25New King James Version (NKJV)
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
25 Amaziah was twenty-five
years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine
years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right
in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart.
3 Now it happened, as soon as the
kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered
his father the king. 4 However he did not execute
their children, but did as it is written in
the Law in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, “The
fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be
put to death for their fathers; but a person shall die for his own sin.”[a]
The War Against Edom
5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah
together and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
according to their fathers’ houses, throughout all Judah and
Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them
to be three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war,
who could handle spear and shield. 6 He also hired
one hundred thousand mighty men of valor from Israel for one hundred talents of
silver. 7 But a man of God came to him, saying, “O
king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not
with Israel—not with any of the children of Ephraim. 8 But
if you go, be gone! Be strong in battle! Even so, God shall
make you fall before the enemy; for God has power to help and to overthrow.”
9 Then Amaziah said to the man of
God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I
have given to the troops of Israel?”
And the man of God answered, “The Lord is able to
give you much more than this.” 10 So Amaziah
discharged the troops that had come to him from Ephraim, to go back home.
Therefore their anger was greatly aroused against Judah, and they returned home
in great anger.
11 Then Amaziah strengthened himself,
and leading his people, he went to the Valley of Salt and killed ten thousand
of the people of Seir. 12 Also the children of
Judah took captive ten thousand alive, brought them to the top of the rock, and
cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were dashed in
pieces.
13 But as for the soldiers of the
army which Amaziah had discharged, so that they would not go with him to
battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon, killed
three thousand in them, and took much spoil.
14 Now it was so, after Amaziah came
from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of
Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them
and burned incense to them. 15 Therefore the anger
of the Lord was aroused against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet
who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people, which could not
rescue their own people from your hand?”
16 So it was, as he talked with him,
that the king said to him, “Have we made you the king’s
counselor? Cease! Why should you be killed?”
Then the prophet ceased, and said, “I know that God has
determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my
advice.”
Israel Defeats Judah
17 Now Amaziah king of Judah asked
advice and sent to Joash[b] the son of Jehoahaz,
the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in
battle.”
18 And Joash 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 your daughter to
my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed
by and trampled the thistle. 19 Indeed you say that
you have defeated the Edomites, and your heart is lifted up to boast. Stay at
home now; why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall—you and
Judah with you?”
20 But Amaziah would not heed, for
it came from God, that He might give them into the hand of
their enemies, because they sought the gods of Edom. 21 So
Joash king of Israel went out; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one
another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22 And
Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent. 23 Then
Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the
son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke
down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four
hundred cubits. 24 And he took all
the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom,
the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
Death of Amaziah
25 Amaziah the son of Joash, king of
Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king
of Israel. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
from first to last, indeed are they not written in the book of
the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 After the time
that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to
Lachish and killed him there. 28 Then they brought
him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
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