2 Kings 14
The Reign of
Amaziah |
2 Chr. 25.1-28 |
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In the second year of Jo'ash son of
Jeho'ahaz king of Israel reigned Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash king of
Judah.
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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 Jeho'addan of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was right in
the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his
father: he did according to all things as Jo'ash his father
did.
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Howbeit the high places were not taken
away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high
places.
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And it came to pass, as soon as the
kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which
had slain the king his father.
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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
fathers 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. Deut. 24.16
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He slew of Edom in the valley of salt
ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it
Jok'theel unto this day.
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Then Amazi'ah sent messengers to
Jeho'ash, the son of Jeho'ahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
Come, let us look one another in the face.
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And Jeho'ash the king of Israel sent to
Amazi'ah king of Judah, saying, The thistle 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.
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Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine
heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home:
for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou
shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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But Amazi'ah would not hear. Therefore
Jeho'ash king of Israel went up; and he and Amazi'ah king of Judah
looked one another in the face at Beth-she'mesh, which belongeth to Judah.
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And Judah was put to the worse before
Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
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And Jeho'ash king of Israel took Amazi'ah
king of Judah, the son of Jeho'ash the son of Ahazi'ah, at
Beth-she'mesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of E'phra-im unto the corner gate, four
hundred cubits.
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And he took all the gold 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
hostages, and returned to Samaria.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jeho'ash
which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amazi'ah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
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And Jeho'ash slept with his fathers, and
was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jerobo'am his
son reigned in his stead.
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And Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash king of
Judah lived after the death of Jeho'ash son of Jeho'ahaz king of
Israel fifteen years.
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And the rest of the acts of Amazi'ah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
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Now they made a conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to
Lachish, and slew him there.
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And they brought him on horses: and he
was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of
David.
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And all the people of Judah took
Azari'ah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king
instead of his father Amazi'ah.
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He built Elath, and restored it to Judah,
after that the king slept with his fathers.
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The Reign of
Jeroboam |
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In the fifteenth year of Amazi'ah the
son of Jo'ash king of Judah, Jerobo'am the son of Jo'ash king of
Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one
years.
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And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all
the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
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He restored the coast of Israel from the
entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word
of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by
the hand of his servant Jonah, Jon. 1.1 the son of Amit'tai, the prophet, which was of
Gath-he'pher.
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For the LORD saw the
affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there
was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for
Israel.
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And the LORD said
not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but
he saved them by the hand of Jerobo'am the son of Jo'ash.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo'am,
and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he
recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for
Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
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And Jerobo'am slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachari'ah his son reigned
in his stead.
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