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WEB
World English Bible
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Berean Standard Bible
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-five years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned twenty-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.
He did that
which
was right in the eyes of Yahweh
, 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.
However
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.
It
happened,
as soon as the kingdom was established
in his hand
, that
he
killed
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
didn't
put
to death ;
according to that
which
is written in the book of the law of Moses, as
Yahweh
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
killed
of
Edom
in the Valley of Salt ten
thousand,
and
took Sela by
war,
and called the
name
of
it Joktheel, to 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
.
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 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 have indeed struck
Edom, and your heart has lifted
you
up:
glory of
it,
and abide
at home ;
for
why should you meddle
to
[your]
hurt,
that you should
fall ,
even
you ,
and Judah with you?
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
belongs
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.
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
.
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 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 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.
He took all the gold and silver ,
and all the vessels
that
were
found in the house of Yahweh,
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, aren't
they 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?
Jehoash slept
with his fathers ,
and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel ;
and Jeroboam
his son reigned in his place.
And
Jehoash rested
with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel .
And his son Jeroboam
reigned in his place.
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, aren't
they 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?
They
made
a
conspiracy
against him
in Jerusalem ;
and he fled to Lachish :
but they
sent after him to Lachish, and killed 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.
They brought
him on 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.
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-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.
He did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he
didn't
depart
from all the sins of
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat ,
with
which
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 to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of
Yahweh
, the God of Israel, which
he
spoke
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 Yahweh
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 ,
Yahweh
didn't
say
that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the
sky;
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, aren't
they 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?
Jeroboam slept
with his fathers, even
with
the kings of Israel ;
and Zechariah
his son reigned in his place.
And
Jeroboam rested
with his fathers, the kings of Israel .
And his son Zechariah
reigned in his place.
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