1 Amaziahwas twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalemtwenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin25:1 As in parallel text at 2 Kgs 14:2; Hebrew reads Jehoaddan, a variant spelling of Jehoaddin.from Jerusalem. 2 Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, but not wholeheartedly.
3 When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father. 4 However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the Lordas written by Mosesin the Book of the Law: "Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes."25:4 Deut 24:16.
5 Then Amaziahorganized the army, assigning generals and captains25:5 Hebrew commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.for all Judah and Benjamin. He took a census and found that he had an army of 300,000 select troops, twenty years old and older, all trained in the use of spear and shield. 6 He also paid about 7,500 pounds25:6 Hebrew 100 talents [3,400 kilograms].of silver to hire 100,000 experienced fighting men from Israel.
7 But a man of God came to him and said, "Your Majesty, do not hire troops from Israel, for the Lordis not with Israel. He will not help those people of Ephraim! 8 If you let them go with your troops into battle, you will be defeated by the enemy no matter how well you fight. God will overthrow you, for he has the power to help you or to trip you up."
9 Amaziahasked the man of God, "But what about all that silver I paid to hire the army of Israel?"
The man of God replied, "The Lordis able to give you much more than this!" 10 So Amaziahdischarged the hired troops and sent them back to Ephraim. This made them very angry with Judah, and they returned home in a great rage.
11 Then Amaziahsummoned his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they killed 10,000 Edomite troops from Seir. 12 They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.
13 Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amaziahhad sent home raided several of the towns of Judah between Samariaand Beth-horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder.
14 When King Amaziahreturned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down in front of them, and offered sacrifices to them! 15 This made the Lordvery angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, "Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?"
16 But the king interrupted him and said, "Since when have I made you the king’s counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!"
So the prophet stopped with this warning: "I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel."
17 After consulting with his advisers, King Amaziahof Judah sent this challenge to Israel’s king Jehoash,25:17a Hebrew Joash, a variant spelling of Jehoash; also in 25:18, 21, 23, 25.the son of Jehoahazand grandson of Jehu: "Come and meet me in battle!"25:17b Hebrew Come, let us look one another in the face.
18 But King Jehoashof Israel replied to King Amaziahof Judah with this story: "Out in the Lebanonmountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ But just then a wild animal of Lebanoncame by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
19 "You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?"
20 But Amaziahrefused to listen, for God was determined to destroy him for turning to the gods of Edom. 21 So King Jehoashof Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziahof Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemeshin Judah. 22 Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home. 23 King Jehoashof Israel captured Judah’s king, Amaziahson of Joashand grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet25:23 Hebrew 400 cubits [180 meters].of Jerusalem’s wall, from the Ephraim Gateto the Corner Gate. 24 He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from the Temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-edom. He also seized the treasures of the royal palace, along with hostages, and then returned to Samaria.
25 King Amaziahof Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoashof Israel. 26 The rest of the events in Amaziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27 After Amaziahturned away from the Lord, there was a conspiracy against his life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there. 28 They brought his body back on a horse, and he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.25:28 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and other ancient versions (see also 2 Kgs 14:20); most Hebrew manuscripts read the city of Judah.
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Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph, born in Egypt, received Jacob’s blessing ahead of the firstborn Manasseh and gave rise to the tribe of Ephraim (Genesis 48:20).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
The Valley of Salt is the valley where Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites and where Amaziah king of Judah killed ten thousand men of Seir (1 Chronicles 18:12).
Mount Seir is the mountain that the Lord gave as an inheritance to Esau; the descendants of Esau drove out the Horites from there and settled in their place (Deuteronomy 2:12).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Beth-horon is the city on the road down from which, toward Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones from heaven on the enemies fleeing before Israel (Joshua 10:11).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Mount Seir is the mountain that the Lord gave as an inheritance to Esau; the descendants of Esau drove out the Horites from there and settled in their place (Deuteronomy 2:12).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Joash, son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel, visited Elisha on the prophet’s deathbed and defeated Amaziah king of Judah at Beth-shemesh (2 Kings 13:14).
Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, reigned over Israel and did what was evil; oppressed by Syria, he sought the favor of the Lord, who gave Israel a savior (2 Kings 13:4).
Jehu, anointed king of Israel by order of Elisha, killed King Joram, Queen Jezebel, and all the house of Ahab, and put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel (2 Kings 9:2).
Joash, son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel, visited Elisha on the prophet’s deathbed and defeated Amaziah king of Judah at Beth-shemesh (2 Kings 13:14).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Lebanon is a land of mountains and cedars, where timber was cut with the help of the Sidonians and where Solomon built whatever he desired, as he did in Jerusalem and throughout the rest of his realm (1 Kings 9:19).
Lebanon is a land of mountains and cedars, where timber was cut with the help of the Sidonians and where Solomon built whatever he desired, as he did in Jerusalem and throughout the rest of his realm (1 Kings 9:19).
Edom is the land of Seir, where Jacob’s brother Esau lived. The king of Edom refused Israel passage through his land, and Edom rebelled against Judah (2 Kings 8:22).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Edom is the land of Seir, where Jacob’s brother Esau lived. The king of Edom refused Israel passage through his land, and Edom rebelled against Judah (2 Kings 8:22).
Joash, son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel, visited Elisha on the prophet’s deathbed and defeated Amaziah king of Judah at Beth-shemesh (2 Kings 13:14).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Beth-shemesh is the city to which the cows brought the ark of the Lord; its people rejoiced to see the ark and offered burnt offerings and sacrifices to the Lord that day (1 Samuel 6:15).
Joash, son of Ahaziah, was hidden in the temple when Athaliah killed the royal family, and he was crowned king of Judah at age seven by Jehoiada the priest (2 Kings 11:21).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Joash, son of Ahaziah, was hidden in the temple when Athaliah killed the royal family, and he was crowned king of Judah at age seven by Jehoiada the priest (2 Kings 11:21).
Ahaziah was king of Judah, the son of Jehoram and Athaliah, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. He went out with Joram king of Israel to meet Jehu (2 Kings 9:21).
Beth-shemesh is the city to which the cows brought the ark of the Lord; its people rejoiced to see the ark and offered burnt offerings and sacrifices to the Lord that day (1 Samuel 6:15).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
The Ephraim Gate is a gate in the wall of Jerusalem; King Joash of Israel broke down four hundred cubits of the wall from this gate to the Corner Gate after capturing Amaziah king of Judah (2 Kings 14:13).
The Corner Gate was a gate in the wall of Jerusalem. Joash king of Israel broke down part of the wall from the Ephraim Gate to this gate, and Uzziah built fortified towers there (2 Kings 14:13).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Joash, son of Ahaziah, was hidden in the temple when Athaliah killed the royal family, and he was crowned king of Judah at age seven by Jehoiada the priest (2 Kings 11:21).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Amaziah, son of Joash and king of Judah, struck down the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, challenged Joash, king of Israel, was defeated, and was killed in a conspiracy (2 Kings 14:8).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Lachish was a city whose king joined four other Amorite kings against Gibeon and which Joshua and all Israel besieged and attacked. Amaziah fled there, but he was pursued and killed there (2 Chronicles 25:27).
The City of David is the fortress of Zion, which David captured and lived in; the ark of the Lord entered it, and kings such as Solomon and Abijah were buried there (2 Samuel 5:7).