1 No segundo ano de Jeoás, filho de Jeoacaz, rei de Israel, começou a reinar Amazias, filho de Joás, rei de Judá.2 Tinha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar, e vinte e nove anos reinou em Jerusalém. E era o nome de sua mãe Joadã, de Jerusalém.3 E fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, ainda que não como seu pai Davi; fez, porém, conforme tudo o que fizera Joás seu pai.4 Tão somente os altos não foram tirados; porque o povo ainda sacrificava e queimava incenso nos altos.5 Sucedeu que, sendo já o reino confirmado na sua mão, matou os servos que tinham matado o rei, seu pai.6 Porém os filhos dos assassinos não matou, como está escrito no livro da lei de Moisés, no qual o Senhor deu ordem, dizendo: Não matarão os pais por causa dos filhos, e os filhos não matarão por causa dos pais; mas cada um será morto pelo seu pecado.7 Este feriu a dez mil edomitas no vale do Sal, e tomou a Sela na guerra; e chamou o seu nome Jocteel, até ao dia de hoje.8 Então Amazias enviou mensageiros a Jeoás, filho de Jeoacaz, filho de Jeú, rei de Israel, dizendo: Vem, vejamo-nos face a face.9 Porém Jeoás, rei de Israel, enviou a Amazias, rei de Judá, dizendo: O cardo que estava no Líbano mandou dizer ao cedro que estava no Líbano: Dá tua filha por mulher a meu filho; mas os animais do campo, que estavam no Líbano, passaram e pisaram o cardo.10 Na verdade feriste os moabitas, e o teu coração se ensoberbeceu; gloria-te disso, e fica em tua casa; e por que te entremeterias no mal, para caíres tu, e Judá contigo?11 Mas Amazias não o ouviu. E subiu Jeoás, rei de Israel, e Amazias, rei de Judá, e viram-se face a face, em Bete-Semes, que está em Judá.12 E Judá foi ferido diante de Israel, e fugiu cada um para a sua tenda.13 E Jeoás, rei de Israel, tomou a Amazias, rei de Judá, filho de Joás, filho de Acazias, em Bete-Semes; e veio a Jerusalém, e rompeu o muro de Jerusalém, desde a porta de Efraim até a porta da esquina, quatrocentos côvados.14 E tomou todo o ouro e a prata, e todos os vasos que se acharam na casa do Senhor e nos tesouros da casa do rei, como também os reféns e voltou para Samaria.15 Ora, o mais dos atos de Jeoás, o que fez e o seu poder, e como pelejou contra Amazias, rei de Judá, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Israel?16 E dormiu Jeoás com seus pais, e foi sepultado em Samaria, junto aos reis de Israel; e Jeroboão, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.17 E viveu Amazias, filho de Joás, rei de Judá, depois da morte de Jeoás, filho de Jeoacaz, rei de Israel, quinze anos.18 Ora, o mais dos atos de Amazias, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?19 E conspiraram contra ele em Jerusalém, e fugiu para Laquis; porém enviaram após ele até Laquis, e o mataram ali.20 E o trouxeram em cima de cavalos; e o sepultaram em Jerusalém, junto a seus pais, na cidade de Davi.21 E todo o povo de Judá tomou a Azarias, que já era de dezesseis anos, e o fizeram rei em lugar de Amazias, seu pai.22 Este edificou a Elate, e a restituiu a Judá, depois que o rei dormiu com seus pais.23 No décimo quinto ano de Amazias, filho de Joás, rei de Judá, começou a reinar em Samaria, Jeroboão, filho de Jeoás, rei de Israel, e reinou quarenta e um anos.24 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor; nunca se apartou de nenhum dos pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, com que fez pecar a Israel.25 Também este restituiu os termos de Israel, desde a entrada de Hamate, até ao mar da planície; conforme a palavra do Senhor Deus de Israel, a qual falara pelo ministério de seu servo Jonas, filho do profeta Amitai, o qual era de Gate-Hefer.26 Porque viu o Senhor que a miséria de Israel era muito amarga, e que nem havia escravo, nem absolvido, nem quem ajudasse a Israel.27 E não falara o Senhor em apagar o nome de Israel de debaixo do céu; porém os livrou por meio de Jeroboão, filho de Jeoás.28 Ora, o mais dos atos de Jeroboão, tudo quanto fez, e seu poder, como pelejou, e como restituiu a Damasco e a Hamate, pertencentes a Judá, sendo rei em Israel, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Israel?29 E Jeroboão dormiu com seus pais, com os reis de Israel; e Zacarias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

1 In the second year of Joash the son of Joachaz the king of Israel became Amazyahu, the son of Joash the king of Judah, king.2 Twenty and five years was he old when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yeho’addan of Jerusalem.3 And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father: in accordance with all that Joash his father had done, so did he.4 Nevertheless the high–places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places.5 And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.6 But the children of the murderers he put not to death: as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, that the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.7 He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men, and seized Sela’ in the war, and called its name Yoktheel until this day.8 Then sent Amazyah messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thornbush.10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?11 But Amazyahu would not hear. Therefore Jehoash the king of Israel went up; and he and Amazyahu the king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.12 And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tents.13 And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Achazyahu, at Beth–shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner–gate, four hundred cubits.14 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children of the chiefs as hostages, and returned to Samaria.15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his mighty deeds, and how he fought with Amazyahu the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jerobo’am his son became king in his stead.17 And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel, fifteen years.18 And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.19 Now they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: wherefore he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.21 And all the people of Judah took ‘Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.22 He it was that built Elath, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.23 In the fifteenth year of Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah became Jerobo’am the son of Joash the king of Israel king in Samaria, for forty and one years.24 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.25 He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Chamath unto the sea of the plain; in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he had spoken by means of his servant Jonah the son of Amitthai, the prophet, who was of Gathchepher.26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; that the guarded was no more, and that the fortified was no more, and there was no helper for Israel.27 And the Lord had not spoken that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; but he helped them by means of Jerobo’am the son of Joash.28 Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo’am, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, how he warred, and how he brought back Damascus and Chamath, which had belonged to Judah, to Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.29 And Jerobo’am slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.