2 Chronicles 25
The Reign of
Amaziah |
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Amazi'ah was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign, and he 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, but not with a perfect
heart.
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Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was
established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the
king his father.
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But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses,
where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers
shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for
the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. Deut.
24.16
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Moreover Amazi'ah gathered Judah
together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over
hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers,
throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty
years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and
shield.
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He hired also a hundred thousand mighty
men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of
silver.
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But there came a man of God to him,
saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the
LORD is not with Israel, to wit,
with all the children of E'phra-im.
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But if thou wilt go, do it, be
strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy:
for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
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And Amazi'ah said to the man of God, But
what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the
army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than
this.
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Then Amazi'ah separated them, to
wit, the army that was come to him out of E'phra-im, to go home
again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and
they returned home in great anger.
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And Amazi'ah strengthened himself, and
led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of
the children of Se'ir ten thousand.
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And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them
unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the
rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
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But the soldiers of the army which
Amazi'ah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell
upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-ho'ron, and
smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
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Now it came to pass, after that
Amazi'ah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he
brought the gods of the children of Se'ir, and set them up to
be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned
incense unto them.
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Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amazi'ah, and he sent unto
him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of
thine hand?
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And it came to pass, as he talked with
him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's
counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet
forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee,
because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my
counsel.
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Then Amazi'ah king of Judah took
advice, and sent to Jo'ash, the son of Jeho'ahaz, the son of Jehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the
face.
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And Jo'ash 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 sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the
Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at
home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou
shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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But Amazi'ah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of
their enemies, because they sought after the gods of
Edom.
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So Jo'ash the king of Israel went up; and
they saw one another in the face, both he and Amazi'ah king
of Judah, 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 his tent.
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And Jo'ash the king of Israel took
Amazi'ah king of Judah, the son of Jo'ash, the son of Jeho'ahaz, at
Beth-she'mesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall
of Jerusalem from the gate of E'phra-im to the corner gate, four
hundred cubits.
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And he took all the gold and the
silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with
O'bed-e'dom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages
also, and returned to Samaria.
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And Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash king of
Judah lived after the death of Jo'ash son of Jeho'ahaz king of
Israel fifteen years.
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Now the rest of the acts of Amazi'ah,
first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of
the kings of Judah and Israel?
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Now after the time that Amazi'ah did turn
away from following the LORD they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but
they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
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And they brought him upon horses, and
buried him with his fathers in the city of
Judah.
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