Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned twenty-nine years in
Jerusalem:
and
his mother's
name was Jehoaddan ,
of
Jerusalem.
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became
king,
and he reigned in
Jerusalem
twenty-nine years .
His mother’s
name was Jehoaddan ;
she
was
from
Jerusalem.
He did that
which
was right in the eyes of Yahweh
, but not with
a
perfect
heart
.
And
he did what
was right in the eyes of the
LORD
, but not wholeheartedly
.
Now
it
happened,
when
the kingdom was established
to
him,
that
he
killed
his servants who had killed
the
king
his father.
As
soon
as
the kingdom was firmly
in
his grasp,
Amaziah
executed
the
servants who had murdered
his father the
king
.
But
he didn't
put their children
to death, but did
according to that
which
is written in the law in the book of Moses, as
Yahweh
commanded,
saying,
The fathers shall
not die
for the
children, neither
shall
the
children die
for the
fathers; but
every
man
shall
die for his own sin.
Yet
he did
not
put their sons
to death, but acted
according to what
is written in the Law ,
in the Book of Moses, where
the LORD
commanded:
“
Fathers must
not be
put
to
death
for their
children, and
children must
not
be
put
to
death
for their
fathers; each
is
to
die for his own sin. ”
Moreover
Amaziah gathered Judah together,
and ordered
them according to their fathers'
houses,
under
captains
of thousands and captains
of hundreds ,
even
all
Judah
and
Benjamin:
and he numbered them
from
twenty years old
and upward,
and found them
three
hundred
thousand
chosen men ,
able to go
forth
to
war
, who
could
handle
spear and shield.
Then
Amaziah gathered the
people
of
Judah and assigned
them according to their families
to
commanders
of thousands and of hundreds .
And he numbered those
twenty years of
age
or
older
throughout
Judah
and Benjamin
and found 300,000
chosen men able to serve
in
the
army
, bearing
the
spear and shield.
He hired
also one
hundred
thousand
mighty men
of
valor
out
of
Israel for one
hundred talents of silver.
He also hired
100,000
mighty warriors
from
Israel for a
hundred talents of silver.
But there
came
a man of God to him ,
saying
, O king, don't
let the army of Israel go with you ;
for Yahweh
is not with Israel ,
[to
wit],
with all
the
children
of Ephraim
.
But a man of God came
to him and
said
, “
O king, do
not
let the army of Israel go with you ,
for the
LORD
is not with Israel —not
with any
of the
Ephraimites
.
But
if you will
go ,
do
[valiantly],
be
strong
for
the
battle :
God will cast
you down
before the enemy ;
for God has power to help ,
and to cast
down
.
Even
if you go and
fight
bravely
in
battle ,
God will make
you stumble
before the enemy ,
for God has power to help and power
to overthrow
. ”
Amaziah said
to
the man of God, But
what shall
we
do for
the hundred talents which
I have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered
, Yahweh
is able to give you much more than this.
Amaziah asked
the man of God, “
What should
I
do about
the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel? ”
And
the man of God replied
, “The
LORD
is able to give you much more than this. ”
Then
Amaziah separated
them,
[to
wit],
the army
that
had come to him out
of
Ephraim ,
to
go
home again:
therefore
their
anger
was
greatly
kindled
against
Judah,
and they returned home in fierce
anger.
So
Amaziah dismissed
the troops
who
had come to him from
Ephraim and
sent
them
home .
And they were
furious
with
Judah
and
returned home in great
anger.
Amaziah took
courage
, and led forth
his people,
and
went
to the Valley of Salt, and
struck of
the
children
of Seir ten
thousand.
Amaziah, however,
summoned
his
strength
and led his troops
to the Valley of Salt, where
he
struck down
10,000
men
of Seir ,
[other]
ten
thousand
did
the children
of Judah carry
away
alive
, and
brought
them to the top of the
rock,
and cast
them down from
the
top
of
the
rock,
so that they
all were broken
in
pieces.
and
the army
of Judah also
captured
10
, 000
men
alive.
They
took
them to the top of a
cliff
and threw
them down so that all were dashed
to
pieces.
But
the
men
of
the army
whom
Amaziah
sent
back,
that they
should
not
go
with
him
to
battle ,
fell
on
the cities of Judah, from Samaria even
to Beth Horon ,
and
struck of
them
three
thousand
, and took
much
spoil
.
Meanwhile
the troops
that Amaziah
had
dismissed
from
battle raided
the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth -
horon .
They
struck down
3
, 000
people
and carried
off
a
great
deal
of
plunder
.
Now
it
happened,
after
that
Amaziah was
come
from the slaughter of the Edomites, that
he brought the gods of the children
of
Seir
, and
set them up to
be
his gods, and
bowed down
himself
before them, and burned incense
to them.
When
Amaziah returned
from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back
the gods of the Seirites
, set them up as
his own
gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices
to them.
Therefore the anger of Yahweh
was
kindled
against Amaziah, and he sent to
him a prophet, who said to
him
, Why have you sought after
the
gods of
the
people
, which have
not delivered
their
own
people
out
of
your hand?
Therefore the anger of the
LORD
burned
against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “
Why have you sought this
people’s
gods, which could
not deliver
them
from
your hand? ”
It
happened,
as
he talked
with
him
, that
[
the king ]
said
to
him
, Have we made you of
the king's
counsel
? Stop! Why should
you
be struck down? Then
the prophet stopped, and
said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this ,
and have not listened
to
my counsel
.
While
he was
still
speaking
, the king asked
, “
Have we made you the counselor
to
the
king
? Stop! Why be struck down? ”
So
the prophet stopped, but
he
said, “
I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded
my advice
. ”
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice,
and sent to Joash,
the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu ,
king
of
Israel,
saying,
Come, let us look
one
another
in
the
face.
Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel
and sent word
to the king
of
Israel
Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz ,
the son of Jehu .
“
Come, let us meet
face to
face,”
he
said
.
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
there
passed
by
a wild animal
that
was
in Lebanon ,
and trod
down
the thistle.
But
Jehoash
king of Israel replied
to Amaziah king of Judah :
“A
thistle in Lebanon sent a
message
to a
cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘
Give your daughter to my son in
marriage.’
Then
a wild beast
in Lebanon came
along
and trampled
the thistle.
You say
, Behold
, you
have struck
Edom ;
and your heart lifts
you
up
to
boast:
abide
now at home ;
why should you meddle
to
[your]
hurt,
that you should
fall ,
even
you ,
and Judah with you?
You have
said
, ‘Look
, I
have defeated
Edom ,’
and your heart has
become
proud
and
boastful.
Now stay
at home .
Why should you stir
up
trouble
so
that you fall —
you and Judah with you? ”
But Amaziah would not hear;
for it
was
of
God ,
that
he
might
deliver them into the hand [
of their
enemies]
, because they had sought after
the gods of Edom.
But Amaziah would not listen,
for this
had
come
from
God in
order
to
deliver them into the hand of Jehoash
, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
So Joash
king of Israel went
up;
and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked
one
another
in
the
face
at Beth-shemesh ,
which
belongs
to
Judah.
So Jehoash
king of Israel advanced,
and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced
each
other
at Beth-shemesh in
Judah.
Judah was put
to
the
worse
before Israel ;
and they
fled
every man to his tent
.
And
Judah was routed
before Israel ,
and every man fled
to his own
home
.
Joash
king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz ,
at
Beth-shemesh,
and
brought him to Jerusalem ,
and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate
of
Ephraim to the corner gate ,
four hundred cubits.
There
at
Beth-shemesh,
Jehoash
king of Israel captured
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash ,
the son of Jehoahaz .
Then
Jehoash
brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate
to the Corner Gate —a
section
of
four hundred cubits.
[
He took ]
all the gold and silver ,
and all the vessels
that
were
found in the house of God with Obed-edom ,
and the treasures
of the king's
house
, the
hostages also,
and
returned to Samaria.
He took all the gold and silver and all the articles
found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in
the treasuries
of the royal
palace
, as
well
as
some
hostages .
Then
he
returned to Samaria.
Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
years
.
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for
fifteen
years
after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Now
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first
and
last,
behold
, aren't
they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
As
for
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from
beginning
to
end
, are
they not
written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
Now
from the time that Amaziah did
turn
away
from following Yahweh
they
made
a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ;
and he fled to Lachish :
but they
sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
From the time that Amaziah turned
from following the
LORD,
a conspiracy was
formed
against him in Jerusalem ,
and he fled to Lachish .
But men
were
sent after him to Lachish, and they
killed him there.
They brought
him on horses ,
and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
They carried
him back
on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
Scripture text: World English Bible and Berean Standard Bible. Public domain; “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.; Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC..