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CHAPTER KINGS 14
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 L
ORD
, 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 kingdomwas 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 L
ORD
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 Beth-shemesh, 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 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.
14
And he took all the gold and silver,
and all the vessels that were found in the house of the L
ORD
, 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.
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And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years.
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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.
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