nd Kings _Chapter 14

In the second year of Joash son of King Jehoahaz of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.

He was twenty-five years old when he ascended to the throne and reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother’s name is Jehoidan and she is from Jerusalem.

Amaziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as good as his father David, following all the actions of his father Joash.

However, the mounds have not been abolished yet, and the people are still offering sacrifices and burning incense there.

As soon as the country was steadfast, he killed the servants who had killed his father the king,

But he did not put to death the son of the one who killed the king, as the Lord commanded in the Book of Moses, that the father should not be slain, nor the son should be slain because of the father; every man shall die for his own sin.

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley, and also took Silah, renaming it Joth, to this day.

At that time, Amaziah sent messengers to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel, and said, Come, let us meet on the battlefield.

King Joash of Israel sent messengers to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle of Lebanon sent messengers to the cedar tree of Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as a wife. Later, a wild beast passed by in Lebanon and trampled on the thistle.

You have become arrogant after defeating the Edomites, and it is your honor to settle down at home. Why cause trouble and lead to the downfall of yourself and Judah together?

But Amaziah refused to listen to these words. So King Joash of Israel came up and met with King Amaziah of Judah on the battlefield at Beth Shemesh in Judah.

The Jews were defeated before the Israelites and fled back to their homes.

King Joash of Israel captured Amaziah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, at Bethshemesh. He then came to Jerusalem and demolished the walls of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, totaling four hundred cubits,

And he took all the gold, silver, and vessels from the temple of the Lord and the treasury of the king’s palace, and took them as hostages, and returned to Samaria.

The rest of Joash’s actions and his strength, as well as his battle with Amaziah king of Judah, are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

Joash slept with his ancestors and was buried in the tombs of the kings of Israel in Samaria. His son Jeroboam succeeded him as king.

After the death of Joash son of King Jehoahaz of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years.

The rest of Amaziah’s events are written in the book of the kings of Judah.

Someone betrayed Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. The rebels sent someone to Raj to kill him.

So they carried his body on horseback to Jerusalem and buried it in the tomb of his ancestors in the city of David.

The people of Judah appointed Azariah the son of Amaziah (also known as Uzziah) as king in place of his father, who was sixteen years old at that time.

After Amaziah slept with his ancestors, Azariah took back Elath and returned it to Judah, and repaired it again.

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, reigning for forty-one years.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit.

He reclaimed the border of Israel, from the mouth of Hamath to the Sea of Arabah, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had said through his servant Jonah the prophet, the son of Ammiti the Gethhiph.

Because the Lord saw that the Israelites were in great hardship, with no one to help them, no one trapped or free.

The Lord did not say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but saved them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

The rest of Jeroboam’s actions and his strength, how he fought, how he took Damascus and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, back to Israel, are all written in the book of the kings of Israel.

Jeroboam slept with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king.