2Kings 14

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

14In the second year of King Joash son of Joahaz of Israel, King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, began to reign.H8147H8141H3101H1121H3099H4428H3478H4427H558H1121H3101H4428H30632He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.H6242H2568H8141H1121H4427H4427H6242H8672H8141H3389H517H8034H3086H33893He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his ancestor David; in all things he did as his father Joash had done.H6213H3477H5869H3068H7535H1732H1H6213H3101H1H62134But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.H1116H5493H5750H5971H2076H6999H11165As soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.H4467H2388H3027H5221H5650H5221H4428H16But he did not put to death the children of the murderers; according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "The parents shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the parents; but all shall be put to death for their own sins."H1121H5221H4191H3789H5612H8451H4872H3068H6680H559H1H4191H1121H1121H4191H1H376H4191H23997He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm; he called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.H5221H123H1516H4417H6235H505H8610H5554H4421H7121H8034H3371H31178Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."H558H7971H4397H3060H1121H3059H1121H3058H4428H3478H559H3212H7200H64409King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, "A thorn bush on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife'; but a wild animal of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thorn bush.H3060H4428H3478H7971H558H4428H3063H559H2336H3844H7971H730H3844H559H5414H1323H1121H802H5674H7704H2416H3844H7429H233610You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?"H5221H5221H123H3820H5375H3513H3427H1004H1624H7451H5307H306311But Amaziah would not listen. So King Jehoash of Israel went up; he and King Amaziah of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.H558H8085H3060H4428H3478H5927H558H4428H3063H7200H6440H1053H306312Judah was defeated by Israel; everyone fled home.H3063H5062H6440H3478H5127H376H16813King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh; he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a distance of four hundred cubits.H3060H4428H3478H8610H558H4428H3063H1121H3060H1121H274H1053H935H3389H6555H2346H3389H8179H669H6438H8179H702H3967H52014He seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, as well as hostages; then he returned to Samaria.H3947H2091H3701H3627H4672H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H1121H8594H7725H811115Now the rest of the acts that Jehoash did, his might, and how he fought with King Amaziah of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?H3499H1697H3060H6213H1369H3898H558H4428H3063H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H347816Jehoash slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; then his son Jeroboam succeeded him.H3060H7901H1H6912H8111H4428H3478H3379H1121H442717King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.H558H1121H3101H4428H3063H2421H310H4194H3060H1121H3059H4428H3478H2568H6240H814118Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?H3499H1697H558H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306319They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.H7194H7195H3389H5127H3923H7971H310H3923H419120They brought him on horses; he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.H5375H5483H6912H3389H1H5892H173221All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah.H5971H3063H3947H5838H8337H6240H8141H1121H4427H1H55822He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.H1129H359H7725H3063H310H4428H7901H1

Jeroboam II Reigns over Israel

23In the fifteenth year of King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years.H2568H6240H8141H8141H558H1121H3101H4428H3063H3379H1121H3101H4428H3478H4427H8111H705H259H814124He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin.H6213H7451H5869H3068H5493H2403H3379H1121H5028H3478H239825He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.H7725H1366H3478H935H2574H3220H6160H1697H3068H430H3478H1696H3027H5650H3124H1121H573H5030H166226For the LORD saw that the distress of Israel was very bitter; there was no one left, bond or free, and no one to help Israel.H3068H7200H6040H3478H3966H4784H657H6113H5800H5826H347827But the LORD had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.H3068H1696H4229H8034H3478H8064H3467H3027H3379H1121H310128Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?H3499H1697H3379H6213H1369H3898H7725H1834H2574H3063H3478H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H347829Jeroboam slept with his ancestors, the kings of Israel; his son Zechariah succeeded him.H3379H7901H1H4428H3478H2148H1121H4427