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⥃Amaziah Reigns in Judah ^{[ 2 Chronicles 25:1–4 ]}

[1] In the second year of Joash² son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah³ the son of Joash king of Judah.⁴ [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 did⁵ [that which was] right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according⁶ to all things as Joash his father did.⁷ [4] Howbeit the high places⁸ 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 slew⁹ his servants¹⁰ which had slain the king his father.¹¹ [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 fathers¹² 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 slew¹³ of Edom in the valley of salt¹⁴ ten thousand, and took Selah¹⁵ by war, and called the name of it Joktheel¹⁶ unto this day.¹⁷

⥃Jehoash Defeats Amaziah ^{[ 2 Chronicles 25:17–24 ]}

[8] Then Amaziah¹⁸ sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come¹⁹, let us look one another in the face.²⁰ [9] And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle²¹ 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 heart²² hath lifted thee up: glory [of this²³], and tarry at home²⁴: for why shouldest²⁵ thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee? [11] But Amaziah²⁶ 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–shemesh²⁷, which [belongeth] to Judah. [12] And Judah was put to the worse²⁸ before Israel; and they fled²⁹ every man to their tents. [13] And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah³⁰ 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 Ephraim³¹ unto the corner³² gate, four hundred cubits. [14] And he took all the gold³³ 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 hostages³⁴, and returned to Samaria.

⥃Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel

[15] Now the rest³⁵ 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?³⁶ [16] And Jehoash³⁷ slept with his fathers, and was buried³⁸ in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam³⁹ his son reigned in his stead.⁴⁰

⥃The Death of Amaziah ^{[ 2 Chronicles 25:25–28 ]}

[17] [¶]And Amaziah⁴¹ the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.⁴² [18] And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?⁴³ [19] Now they made⁴⁴ a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish⁴⁵; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.⁴⁶ [20] And they brought him on horses: and he was buried⁴⁷ at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

⥃Azariah Succeeds Amaziah in Judah ^{[ 2 Chronicles 26:1–2 ]}

[21] [¶]And all the people of Judah took Azariah⁴⁸, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king⁴⁹ instead of his father Amaziah. [22] He built Elath⁵⁰, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

⥃Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

[23] In the fifteenth⁵¹ year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam⁵² the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign⁵³ in Samaria, [and reigned] forty and one years.⁵⁴ [24] And he did [that which was] evil in the sight⁵⁵ of the Lord: he departed⁵⁶ 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 entering⁵⁷ of Hamath unto the sea⁵⁸ of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah⁵⁹, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Gath–hepher⁶⁰. [26] For the Lord saw the affliction⁶¹ of Israel, [that it was] very bitter: for [there was] not any shut⁶² up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. [27] And the Lord said not⁶³ that he would blot out⁶⁴ the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved⁶⁵ them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

[28] [¶]Now the rest⁶⁶ of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus⁶⁷, and Hamath, [which belonged] to Judah⁶⁸, 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 Zachariah⁶⁹ his son reigned⁷⁰ in his stead. ⁷¹

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