2 Kings 14
14
King Amaziah of Judah
(2 Chr 25.1–24)
1In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz as king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah 2at the age of 25, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin, from Jerusalem. 3He did what was pleasing to the LORD, but he was not like his ancestor King David; instead, he did what his father Joash had done. 4He did not tear down the pagan places of worship, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5As soon as Amaziah was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the king. 6#Deut 24.16However, he did not kill their children but followed what the LORD had commanded in the Law of Moses: “Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; a person is to be put to death only for a crime he himself has committed.”
7Amaziah killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley; he captured the city of Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, the name it still has.
8Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, challenging him to fight.#14.8 challenging him to fight; or inviting him to a conference. 9But King Jehoash sent back the following reply: “Once a thorn bush on the Lebanon Mountains sent a message to a cedar: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ A wild animal passed by and trampled the bush down. 10Now Amaziah, you have defeated the Edomites, and you are filled with pride. Be satisfied with your fame and stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?”
11But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash marched out with his men and fought against him at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 12Amaziah's army was defeated, and all his soldiers fled to their homes. 13Jehoash took Amaziah prisoner, advanced on Jerusalem, and tore down the city wall from Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a distance of nearly 200 metres. 14He took all the silver and gold he could find, all the temple equipment and all the palace treasures, and carried them back to Samaria. He also took hostages with him.
15Everything else that Jehoash did, including his bravery in the war against King Amaziah of Judah, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 16Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king.
The Death of King Amaziah of Judah
(2 Chr 25.25–28)
17King Amaziah of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel. 18Everything else that Amaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
19There was a plot in Jerusalem to assassinate Amaziah, so he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him. 20His body was carried back to Jerusalem on a horse and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City. 21The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king. 22Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.
King Jeroboam II of Israel
23In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash as king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for 41 years. 24He sinned against the LORD, following the wicked example of his predecessor King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin. 25#Jon 1.1He reconquered all the territory that had belonged to Israel, from Hamath Pass in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. This was what the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through his servant the prophet Jonah son of Amittai, from Gath Hepher.
26The LORD saw the terrible#14.26 Some ancient translations terrible; Hebrew rebellious. suffering of the Israelites; there was no one at all to help them. 27But it was not the LORD's purpose to destroy Israel completely and for ever, so he rescued them through King Jeroboam II.
28Everything else that Jeroboam II did, his brave battles, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Israel,#14.28 One ancient translation to Israel; Hebrew for Judah in Israel. are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 29Jeroboam died and was buried in the royal tombs, and his son Zechariah succeeded him as king.
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II Kings 14
14
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
1In #2 Kin. 13:10the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, #2 Chr. 25:1, 2Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like his father David; he did everything #2 Kin. 12:2as his father Joash had done. 4#2 Kin. 12:3However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
5Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants #2 Kin. 12:20who had murdered his father the king. 6But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying, #Deut. 24:16; (Jer. 31:30; Ezek. 18:4, 20)“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin.”
7#2 Chr. 25:5–16He killed ten thousand Edomites in #2 Sam. 8:13; 1 Chr. 18:12; Ps. 60:titlethe Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, #Josh. 15:38and called its name Joktheel to this day.
8#2 Chr. 25:17, 18Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle.” 9And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, #Judg. 9:8–15“The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the #1 Kin. 4:33cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle. 10You have indeed defeated Edom, and #Deut. 8:14; 2 Chr. 32:25; (Ezek. 28:2, 5, 17; Hab. 2:4)your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
11But Amaziah would not heed. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at #Josh. 19:38; 21:16Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent. 13Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from #Neh. 8:16; 12:39the Gate of Ephraim to #Jer. 31:38; Zech. 14:10the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits. 14And he took all #1 Kin. 7:51; 2 Kin. 12:18; 16:8the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15#2 Kin. 13:12, 13Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did—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? 16So Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
17#2 Chr. 25:25–28Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 18Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19And #2 Chr. 25:27they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to #Josh. 10:31Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. 20Then they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
21And all the people of Judah took #2 Kin. 15:13; 2 Chr. 26:1Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22He built #1 Kin. 9:26; 2 Kin. 16:6; 2 Chr. 8:17Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel
23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. 24And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the #1 Kin. 12:26–33sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. 25He #2 Kin. 10:32; 13:5, 25restored the territory of Israel #Num. 13:21; 34:8; 1 Kin. 8:65from the entrance of Hamath to #Deut. 3:17the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant #Jon. 1:1; Matt. 12:39, 40Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from #Josh. 19:13Gath Hepher. 26For the Lord #Ex. 3:7; 2 Kin. 13:4; Ps. 106:44saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, #Deut. 32:36there was no helper for Israel. 27#(2 Kin. 13:5, 23)And the Lord did not say 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.
28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did—his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured for Israel, from #1 Kin. 11:24Damascus and Hamath, #2 Sam. 8:6; 1 Kin. 11:24; 2 Chr. 8:3what had belonged to Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29So Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then #2 Kin. 15:8Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
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