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.
