CHAPTER 14
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 became king,
and he reigned
in Jerusalem
twenty-nine
years.
His mother’s
name
was Jehoaddan;
she was from
Jerusalem.
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.
Nevertheless,
the high places
were not
taken away,
and the people
continued
sacrificing
and burning incense
on the high places.
As soon as
the kingdom
was firmly
in his grasp,
Amaziah executed
the servants
who had murdered
his father
the king.
Yet
he did not
put the sons
of the murderers
to death,
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."
Amaziah
struck down
ten
thousand
Edomites
in the Valley of Salt.
He took
Sela
in battle
and called
it Joktheel,
its name
to
this very
day.
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.
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 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
listen,
and Jehoash
king
of Israel
advanced.
He
and King
Amaziah
of Judah
faced off
at Beth-shemesh
in Judah.
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 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.
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
rested
with
his fathers,
and he was buried
in Samaria
with
the kings
of Israel.
And his son
Jeroboam
became king
in his place.
Amaziah
son
of Joash
king
of Judah
lived
for fifteen
years
after
the death
of Joash
son
of Jehoahaz
king
of Israel.
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 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 carried him back
on
horses
and buried him
in Jerusalem
with
his fathers
in the City
of David.
Then all
the people
of Judah
took
Azariah,
who
was sixteen
years old,
and made him king
in place of
his father
Amaziah.
Azariah was the one
who rebuilt
Elath
and restored it
to Judah
after
King Amaziah
rested
with
his fathers.
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
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.
This Jeroboam
restored
the boundary
of Israel
from Lebo-hamath
to
the Sea
of the Arabah,
according to the word
the LORD,
the God
of Israel,
had spoken
through
His servant
Jonah
son
of Amittai,
the prophet
from Gath-hepher.
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 since the LORD
had said
that He would not blot out
the name
of Israel
from under
heaven,
He delivered
them by the hand
of Jeroboam
son
of Jehoash.
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
rested
with
his fathers,
the kings
of Israel.
And his son
Zechariah
became king
in his place.