1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.3 Now when he became strong in the kingdom, he put to death those men who had taken the life of the king his father.4 But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses, saying, The fathers are not to be put to death for their children or the children for their fathers, but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.5 Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benjamin, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: and he had those of twenty years old and over numbered, and they came to three hundred thousand of the best fighting-men, trained for war and in the use of the spear and the body-cover.6 And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.10 So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; which made them very angry with Judah, and they went back burning with wrath.11 Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;12 And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.13 But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.14 Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.15 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?16 But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.17 Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.18 And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.19 You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?20 But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.21 And so Joash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh in Judah.22 And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.23 And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four hundred cubits.24 And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord, under the care of Obed-edom, and all the wealth from the king's house, as well as those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.25 Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, are they not recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?27 Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him and put him to death there.28 And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.

1 Viginti quinque annorum erat Amasias cum regnare cpisset, et viginti novem annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Joadan de Jerusalem. 2 Fecitque bonum in conspectu Domini, verumtamen non in corde perfecto. 3 Cumque roboratum sibi videret imperium, jugulavit servos qui occiderant regem patrem suum, 4 sed filios eorum non interfecit, sicut scriptum est in libro legis Moysi, ubi prcepit Dominus, dicens : Non occidentur patres pro filiis, neque filii pro patribus suis, sed unusquisque in suo peccato morietur. 5 Congregavit igitur Amasias Judam, et constituit eos per familias, tribunosque et centuriones in universo Juda et Benjamin : et recensuit a viginti annis supra, invenitque trecenta millia juvenum qui egrederentur ad pugnam, et tenerent hastam et clypeum : 6 mercede quoque conduxit de Isral centum millia robustorum, centum talentis argenti. 7 Venit autem homo Dei ad illum, et ait : O rex, ne egrediatur tecum exercitus Isral : non est enim Dominus cum Isral, et cunctis filiis Ephraim : 8 quod si putas in robore exercitus bella consistere, superari te faciet Deus ab hostibus : Dei quippe est et adjuvare, et in fugam convertere. 9 Dixitque Amasias ad hominem Dei : Quid ergo fiet de centum talentis, qu dedi militibus Isral ? Et respondit ei homo Dei : Habet Dominus unde tibi dare possit multo his plura. 10 Separavit itaque Amasias exercitum qui venerat ad eum ex Ephraim, ut reverteretur in locum suum : at illi contra Judam vehementer irati, reversi sunt in regionem suam.11 Porro Amasias confidenter eduxit populum suum, et abiit in vallem Salinarum, percussitque filios Seir decem millia : 12 et alia decem millia virorum ceperunt filii Juda, et adduxerunt ad prruptum cujusdam petr, prcipitaveruntque eos de summo in prceps : qui universi crepuerunt. 13 At ille exercitus quem remiserat Amasias ne secum iret ad prlium, diffusus est in civitatibus Juda, a Samaria usque ad Bethoron, et interfectis tribus millibus, diripuit prdam magnam. 14 Amasias vero post cdem Idumorum, et allatos deos filiorum Seir, statuit illos in deos sibi, et adorabat eos, et illis adolebat incensum. 15 Quam ob rem iratus Dominus contra Amasiam misit ad illum prophetam, qui diceret ei : Cur adorasti deos qui non liberaverunt populum suum de manu tua ? 16 Cumque hc ille loqueretur, respondit ei : Num consiliarius regis es ? quiesce, ne interficiam te. Discedensque propheta : Scio, inquit, quod cogitaverit Deus occidere te quia fecisti hoc malum, et insuper non acquievisti consilio meo.17 Igitur Amasias rex Juda inito pessimo consilio, misit ad Joas filium Joachaz filii Jehu regem Isral, dicens : Veni, videamus nos mutuo. 18 At ille remisit nuntios, dicens : Carduus qui est in Libano misit ad cedrum Libani, dicens : Da filiam tuam filio meo uxorem : et ecce besti qu erant in silva Libani, transierunt, et conculcaverunt carduum. 19 Dixisti : Percussi Edom, et idcirco erigitur cor tuum in superbiam : sede in domo tua : cur malum adversum te provocas, ut cadas et tu, et Juda tecum ? 20 Noluit audire Amasias, eo quod Domini esset voluntas ut traderetur in manus hostium propter deos Edom. 21 Ascendit igitur Joas rex Isral, et mutuos sibi prbuere conspectus : Amasias autem rex Juda erat in Bethsames Juda : 22 corruitque Juda coram Isral, et fugit in tabernacula sua. 23 Porro Amasiam regem Juda, filium Joas filii Joachaz, cepit Joas rex Isral in Bethsames, et adduxit in Jerusalem : destruxitque murum ejus a porta Ephraim usque ad portam anguli quadringentis cubitis. 24 Omne quoque aurum et argentum, et universa vasa qu repererat in domo Dei, et apud Obededom in thesauris etiam domus regi, necnon et filios obsidum, reduxit in Samariam. 25 Vixit autem Amasias filius Joas rex Juda, postquam mortuus est Joas filius Joachaz rex Isral, quindecim annis. 26 Reliqua autem sermonum Amasi priorum et novissimorum scripta sunt in libro regum Juda et Isral. 27 Qui postquam recessit a Domino, tetenderunt ei insidias in Jerusalem. Cumque fugisset in Lachis, miserunt, et interfecerunt eum ibi. 28 Reportantesque super equos, sepelierunt eum cum patribus suis in civitate David.