2Chr 25
1
Amaziah 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 Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH, but not with a perfect heart.
3
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants
that had killed the king his father.
4
But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written
in the law in the book of Moses, as YHWH commanded, saying, The fathers shall not
die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man
shall die for his own sin.
5
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers`
houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin:
and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred
thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents
of silver.
7
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go
with you; for YHWH is not with Israel, [to wit], with all the children of Ephraim.
8
But if you will go, do [valiantly], be strong for the battle: God will cast you down
before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to cast down.
9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which
I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, YHWH is able to give
you much more than this.
10
Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that was come to him out of Ephraim,
to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they
returned home in fierce anger.
11
And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt,
and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12
And [other] ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them
to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they
all were broken in pieces.
13
But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to
battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and smote
of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
14
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites,
that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods,
and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
15
Wherefore the anger of YHWH was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet,
who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not
delivered their own people out of your hand?
16
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Have we made
you of the king`s counsel? forbear; why should you be smitten? Then the prophet forbare,
and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this,
and have not hearkened to my counsel.
17
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the
son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
18
And Joash 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 to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the
thistle.
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You say, Behold, you have smitten Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide
now at home; why should you meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you,
and Judah with you?
20
But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the
hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
21
So Joash 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.
22
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
23
And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz,
at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem
from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24
And [he took] all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the
house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king`s house, the hostages also,
and returned to Samaria.
25
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years.
26
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27
Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following YHWH they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish,
and slew him there.
28
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.