2 Kings 14
Amaziah Reigns over Judah
1 aIn the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, bAmaziah 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. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4Only cthe high places were not taken away; dthe people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 5Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he ▼▼ Lit smote
,
fkilled his servants who had slain the king his father. 6But the sons of the ▼▼ Lit smiters
slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, h“The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but ieach shall be put to death for his own sin.” 7He ▼▼ Lit smote
killed of Edom in kthe Valley of Salt 10,000 and took lSela by war, and named it mJoktheel to this day. 8 nThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, o“Come, let us face each other.” 9Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, p“The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush. 10 q“You have indeed ▼▼ Lit smitten
defeated Edom, and syour heart has ▼▼ Lit lifted you up
become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?” 11But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at uBeth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12Judah was defeated ▼▼ Lit before
by Israel, and wthey fled each 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 came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from xthe Gate of Ephraim to ythe Corner Gate, 400 ▼▼ I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
cubits. 14 aaHe took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel
15 abNow the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and 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 slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.Azariah (Uzziah) Succeeds Amaziah in Judah
17 acAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash 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? 19They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to adLachish; 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. 21All the people of Judah took ▼▼ In 2 Chr 26:1, Uzziah
Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 22 afHe built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers. 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. 24He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. 25 agHe restored the border of Israel from ahthe entrance of Hamath as far as aithe Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which He spoke ▼▼ Lit by
through His servant akJonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of alGath-hepher. 26For the amLord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for anthere was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. 27The aoLord 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. Zechariah Reigns over Israel
28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, apDamascus and aqHamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place.
Copyright information for
NASB1995