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1 # Amaziah <0558> was twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8804), and he reigned <04427> (8804) twenty <06242> and nine <08672> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> was Jehoaddan <03086> of Jerusalem <03389>.
2 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, but not with a perfect <08003> heart <03824>.
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom <04467> was established <02388> (8804) to him, that he slew <02026> (8799) his servants <05650> that had killed <05221> (8688) the king <04428> his father <01>.
4 But he slew <04191> (8689) not their children <01121>, but did as it is written <03789> (8803) in the law <08451> in the book <05612> of Moses <04872>, where the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765), saying <0559> (8800), The fathers <01> shall not die <04191> (8799) for the children <01121>, neither shall the children <01121> die <04191> (8799) for the fathers <01>, but every man <0376> shall die <04191> (8799) for his own sin <02399>.
5 Moreover Amaziah <0558> gathered <06908> <00> Judah <03063> together <06908> (8799), and made <05975> (8686) them captains <08269> over thousands <0505>, and captains <08269> over hundreds <03967>, according to the houses <01004> of their fathers <01>, throughout all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>: and he numbered <06485> (8799) them from twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and above <04605>, and found <04672> (8799) them three <07969> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> choice <0977> (8803) men, able to go forth <03318> (8802) to war <06635>, that could handle <0270> (8802) spear <07420> and shield <06793>.
6 He hired <07936> (8799) also an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> mighty <01368> men of valour <02428> out of Israel <03478> for an hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701>.
7 But there came <0935> (8804) a man <0376> of God <0430> to him, saying <0559> (8800), O king <04428>, let not the army <06635> of Israel <03478> go <0935> (8799) with thee; for the LORD <03068> is not with Israel <03478>, to wit, with all the children <01121> of Ephraim <0669>.
8 But if thou wilt go <0935> (8798), do <06213> (8798) it, be strong <02388> (8798) for the battle <04421>: God <0430> shall make thee fall <03782> (8686) before <06440> the enemy <0341> (8802): for God <0430> hath <03426> power <03581> to help <05826> (8800), and to cast down <03782> (8687).
9 And Amaziah <0558> said <0559> (8799) to the man <0376> of God <0430>, But what shall we do <06213> (8800) for the hundred <03967> talents <03603> which I have given <05414> (8804) to the army <01416> of Israel <03478> ? And the man <0376> of God <0430> answered <0559> (8799), The LORD <03068> is <03426> able to give <05414> (8800) thee much more <07235> (8687) than this.
10 Then Amaziah <0558> separated <0914> (8686) them, to wit, the army <01416> that was come <0935> (8804) to him out of Ephraim <0669>, to go <03212> <00> home <04725> again <03212> (8800): wherefore their anger <0639> was greatly <03966> kindled <02734> (8799) against Judah <03063>, and they returned <07725> (8799) home <04725> in great <02750> anger <0639>.
11 And Amaziah <0558> strengthened <02388> (8694) himself, and led forth <05090> (8799) his people <05971> , and went <03212> (8799) to the valley <01516> of salt <04417>, and smote <05221> (8686) of the children <01121> of Seir <08165> ten <06235> thousand <0505>.
12 And other ten <06235> thousand <0505> left alive <02416> did the children <01121> of Judah <03063> carry away captive <07617> (8804), and brought <0935> (8686) them unto the top <07218> of the rock <05553>, and cast them down <07993> (8686) from the top <07218> of the rock <05553>, that they all were broken in pieces <01234> (8738).
13 But the soldiers <01121> of the army <01416> which Amaziah <0558> sent back <07725> (8689), that they should not go <03212> (8800) with him to battle <04421>, fell <06584> (8799) upon the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, from Samaria <08111> even unto Bethhoron <01032>, and smote <05221> (8686) three <07969> thousand <0505> of them, and took <0962> (8799) much <07227> spoil <0961>.
14 # Now it came to pass, after <0310> that Amaziah <0558> was come <0935> (8800) from the slaughter <05221> (8687) of the Edomites <0130>, that he brought <0935> (8686) the gods <0430> of the children <01121> of Seir <08165>, and set them up <05975> (8686) to be his gods <0430>, and bowed down <07812> (8691) himself before <06440> them, and burned incense <06999> (8762) unto them.
15 Wherefore the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was kindled <02734> (8799) against Amaziah <0558>, and he sent <07971> (8799) unto him a prophet <05030>, which said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why hast thou sought <01875> (8804) after the gods <0430> of the people <05971>, which could not deliver <05337> (8689) their own people <05971> out of thine hand <03027> ?
16 And it came to pass, as he talked <01696> (8763) with him, that the king said <0559> (8799) unto him, Art thou made <05414> (8804) of the king's <04428> counsel <03289> (8802)? forbear <02308> (8798); why shouldest thou be smitten <05221> (8686)? Then the prophet <05030> forbare <02308> (8799), and said <0559> (8799), I know <03045> (8804) that God <0430> hath determined <03289> (8804) to destroy <07843> (8687) thee, because thou hast done <06213> (8804) this, and hast not hearkened <08085> (8804) unto my counsel <06098>.
17 # Then Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063> took advice <03289> (8735), and sent <07971> (8799) to Joash <03101>, the son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059>, the son <01121> of Jehu <03058>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559> (8800), Come <03212> (8798), let us see one another <07200> (8691) in the face <06440> .
18 And Joash <03101> king <04428> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) to Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, saying <0559> (8800), The thistle <02336> that was in Lebanon <03844> sent <07971> (8804) to the cedar <0730> that was in Lebanon <03844>, saying <0559> (8800), Give <05414> (8798) thy daughter <01323> to my son <01121> to wife <0802>: and there passed by <05674> (8799) a wild <07704> beast <02416> that was in Lebanon <03844>, and trode down <07429> (8799) the thistle <02336>.
19 Thou sayest <0559> (8804), Lo, thou hast smitten <05221> (8689) the Edomites <0123>; and thine heart <03820> lifteth thee up <05375> (8804) to boast <03513> (8687): abide <03427> (8798) now at home <01004>; why shouldest thou meddle <01624> (8691) to thine hurt <07451>, that thou shouldest fall <05307> (8804), even thou, and Judah <03063> with thee?
20 But Amaziah <0558> would not hear <08085> (8804); for it came of God <0430>, that he might deliver <05414> (8800) them into the hand <03027> of their enemies, because they sought <01875> (8804) after the gods <0430> of Edom <0123>.
21 So Joash <03101> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went up <05927> (8799); and they saw one another <07200> (8691) in the face <06440>, both he and Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, at Bethshemesh <01053> , which belongeth to Judah <03063>.
22 And Judah <03063> was put to the worse <05062> (8735) before <06440> Israel <03478>, and they fled <05127> (8799) every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.
23 And Joash <03101> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> took <08610> (8804) Amaziah <0558> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, the son <01121> of Joash <03101>, the son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059>, at Bethshemesh <01053> , and brought <0935> (8686) him to Jerusalem <03389>, and brake down <06555> (8799) the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> from the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669> to the corner <06437> (8802) gate <08179>, four <0702> hundred <03967> cubits <0520>.
24 And he took all the gold <02091> and the silver <03701>, and all the vessels <03627> that were found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of God <0430> with Obededom <05654>, and the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house <01004> , the hostages <01121> <08594> also, and returned <07725> (8799) to Samaria <08111>.
25 And Amaziah <0558> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> king <04428> of Judah <03063> lived <02421> (8799) after <0310> the death <04194> of Joash <03101> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> king <04428> of Israel <03478> fifteen <02568> <06240> years <08141>.
26 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Amaziah <0558>, first <07223> and last <0314>, behold, are they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>?
27 Now after the time <06256> that Amaziah <0558> did turn away <05493> (8804) from following <0310> the LORD <03068> they made <07194> (8799) a conspiracy <07195> against him in Jerusalem <03389>; and he fled <05127> (8799) to Lachish <03923>: but they sent <07971> (8799) to Lachish <03923> after <0310> him, and slew <04191> (8686) him there.
28 And they brought <05375> (8799) him upon horses <05483>, and buried <06912> (8799) him with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of Judah <03063>.