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In the second year of Joash
son
of Joahaz
king
of Israel began
Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah to
reign
.
In the second year of the
reign
of Jehoash
son
of Jehoahaz
over
Israel ,
Amaziah son of Joash became
king of Judah.
He was twenty and
five years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned twenty and
nine years in
Jerusalem:
and
his mother's
name was Jehoaddin
of
Jerusalem.
He 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.
And he did that
which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah
, yet
not like
David
his father :
he did according
to
all
that
Joash
his father had done.
And he did what
was right in the eyes of the
LORD
, but
not as
his father David
had
done.
He did everything
as
his father Joash
had done.
Howbeit
the high places were not taken away :
the people still
sacrificed
and burnt
incense in
the high places.
Nevertheless,
the high places were not taken away ,
and
the people continued
sacrificing
and burning
incense on
the high places.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as soon as the kingdom was established
in his hand
, that
he
slew
his
servants who had slain
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
the children
of the murderers he
put
not
to death ;
according to that
which
is written in the book of the law of Moses, as
Jehovah
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
die for his own sin.
Yet
he
did
not
put
the sons
of the murderers to death ,
but
acted
according to what
is written in the Book of the Law 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. ”
He
slew
of
Edom
in the Valley of Salt ten
thousand,
and
took Sela by
war,
and called the
name
of
it Joktheel, unto
this day.
Amaziah
struck
down
10,000
Edomites
in the Valley of Salt .
He
took Sela in
battle
and called it Joktheel, which
is
its
name
to
this very
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.
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king
of
Israel
Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz ,
the
son of Jehu .
“
Come, let us meet
face to
face,”
he
said
.
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 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.
Thou
hast
indeed smitten
Edom, and thy
heart hath
lifted
thee
up:
glory thereof,
and abide
at home ;
for
why shouldest
thou
meddle
to
`thy'
hurt,
that thou
shouldest
fall ,
even
thou,
and Judah with thee
?
You
have
indeed defeated
Edom, and your
heart has
become
proud.
Glory in
that
and stay
at home .
Why should
you
stir
up
trouble
so
that you
fall —you
and Judah with you
? ”
But Amaziah would not hear.
So
Jehoash king of Israel went
up;
and
he and Amaziah
king of Judah looked
one
another
in
the
face
at Beth-shemesh ,
which
belongeth
to
Judah.
But Amaziah would not listen,
and
Jehoash king of Israel advanced.
He and King Amaziah
of Judah faced
each
other
at Beth-shemesh in
Judah.
And 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 home
.
And
Jehoash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash
the son of Ahaziah ,
at
Beth-shemesh,
and
came
to Jerusalem ,
and brake
down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate
of
Ephraim unto
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 Ahaziah .
Then
Jehoash
went
to Jerusalem and broke
down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate
to
the Corner Gate —a
section
of
four hundred cubits.
And
he took all the gold and silver ,
and all the vessels
that
were
found in the house of Jehovah,
and in 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 the
LORD
and in the treasuries
of the royal
palace
, as
well
as
some
hostages .
Then
he
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?
As
for
the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along
with
his accomplishments,
his
might, and how he waged
war
against
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 Jehoash rested
with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel .
And his son Jeroboam
reigned in his place
.
And
Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
years
.
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for
fifteen
years
after the death of Joash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Now
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
As
for
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
And 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 conspirators
plotted
against Amaziah
in Jerusalem ,
and he fled to Lachish .
But men
were
sent after him to Lachish, and they
killed
him there.
And
they brought
him upon
horses ;
and he
was
buried at
Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
They carried
him back
on
horses and buried him
in
Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
And
all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the
room
of his father Amaziah.
Then
all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place
of his father Amaziah.
He
built
Elath ,
and restored it to Judah ,
after that
the
king slept
with his fathers.
Azariah
was
the
one
who
rebuilt
Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah
rested
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.
In the fifteenth year of the reign
of
Amaziah
son of Joash over
Judah ,
Jeroboam son of Jehoash
became
king of Israel, and he
reigned in
Samaria
forty -
one years.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Jehovah:
he
departed
not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat ,
wherewith
he
made
Israel to sin
.
And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
and
did
not turn
away
from all the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had
caused
Israel to commit
.
He
restored the border
of Israel from the
entrance
of
Hamath unto
the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of
Jehovah
, the God of Israel, which
he
spake
by
his servant Jonah the
son of Amittai, the prophet ,
who
was
of
Gath-hepher.
This
Jeroboam
restored the boundary
of Israel from Lebo-
hamath to
the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, had
spoken
through
His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from
Gath-hepher.
For Jehovah
saw the affliction of Israel
, that
it
was very bitter ;
for
there was none
shut
up
nor
left
at
large,
neither
was
there
any
helper
for
Israel .
For the
LORD
saw that
the affliction of the
Israelites
, both
slave
and
free,
was very bitter .
There was no
one
to
help
Israel ,
And Jehovah
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
.
and since
the
LORD
had
said that He would not
blot out the name of Israel from under heaven ,
He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash
.
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
had
belonged'
to
Judah,
for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
As
for
the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along
with
all his accomplishments
and
might, and how he waged
war
and
recovered both
Damascus and Hamath for Israel from
Judah
, 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 Zechariah
his son reigned in his stead
.
And Jeroboam rested
with his fathers, the kings of Israel .
And his son Zechariah
reigned in his place
.
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