1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 2 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king. 4 But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."

5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found that there were three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield. 6 He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver. 7 A man of God came to him, saying, "O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim. 8 But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow."

9 Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?"

The man of God answered, "Yahweh is able to give you much more than this."

10 Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

11 Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir. 12 The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces. 13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

14 Now after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them and burned incense to them. 15 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?"

16 As he talked with him, the king said to him, "Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?"

Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

17 Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come! Let’s look one another in the face."

18 Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. 19 You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?’"

20 But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22 Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.

23 Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24 He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

25 Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren’t they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. 28 They brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

1 Vyf en twintig jaar oud, het Am sia koning geword, en hy het nege en twintig jaar in Jerusalem geregeer; en die naam van sy moeder was Jo ddan, van Jerusalem.

2 En hy het gedoen wat reg was in die oë van die HERE, maar nie met 'n volkome hart nie.

3 En toe die koninklike mag in sy besit was, het hy sy dienaars, die moordenaars van sy vader, die koning, gedood;

4 hulle kinders ewenwel het hy nie gedood nie, maar gedoen soos geskrywe is in die wet, in die boek van Moses, waar die HERE dit beveel het: Die vaders moet nie vir die kinders sterwe, en die kinders moet nie vir die vaders sterwe nie; maar hulle moet elkeen vir sy eie sonde sterwe.

5 En Am sia het Juda bymekaar laat kom en hulle opgestel volgens die families, volgens die owerstes oor duisend en volgens die owerstes oor honderd, die hele Juda en Benjamin, en hy het hulle gemonster van twintig jaar oud en daarbo, en bevind dat hulle drie honderd duisend uitgesoektes was wat op kommando moes uittrek, wat spies en skild hanteer.

6 Ook het hy uit Israel honderd duisend dapper helde vir honderd talente silwer gehuur.

7 Toe kom daar 'n man van God na hom en sê: o Koning, laat die kommando van Israel nie saam met u gaan nie, want die HERE is nie met Israel, met al die kinders van Efraim nie.

8 Maar gaan u alleen, tree moedig op in die geveg; God sal u laat val voor die vyand; want by God is krag om te help of te laat val.

9 Maar Am sia sê aan die man van God: En wat moet met die honderd talente gemaak word wat ek aan die troepe van Israel gegee het? En die man van God antwoord: Die HERE kan u baie meer gee as dit.

10 Toe het Am sia hulle afgesonder, naamlik die troepe wat uit Efraim na hom gekom het, om na hulle woonplek te trek; maar hulle het baie kwaad geword vir Juda en teruggegaan na hulle woonplek in gloeiende toorn.

11 Maar Am sia het moed geskep en sy manskappe aangevoer en die Soutdal ingetrek en die kinders van Se‹r, tien duisend, verslaan.

12 En tien duisend het die kinders van Juda lewendig as gevangenes weggevoer en hulle op die top van die krans gebring en hulle van die top van die krans afgegooi, sodat hulle almal verpletter is.

13 Maar die manskappe van die troepe wat Am sia laat teruggaan het om nie saam met hom in die oorlog te trek nie, het 'n plundertog onderneem in die stede van Juda, van Samar¡a af tot by Bet-Horon, en drie duisend van hulle verslaan en baie buit geroof.

14 En nadat Am sia tuisgekom het van die verslaan van die Edomiete, het hy die gode van die kinders van Se‹r gebring en hulle vir hom as gode opgestel en hom voor hulle neergebuig en vir hulle offerrook laat opgaan.

15 Toe ontvlam die toorn van die HERE teen Am sia, en Hy stuur 'n profeet na hom, en die het vir hom gesê: Waarom soek u die gode van die volk wat hulle eie volk nie uit u hand gered het nie?

16 En terwyl hy met hom spreek, sê hy vir hom: Het ons jou as raadgewer van die koning aangestel? Hou op, waarom sal hulle jou doodmaak? Toe hou die profeet op en sê: Ek merk dat God besluit het om u te vernietig, omdat u dit gedoen het en nie na my raad geluister het nie.

17 En Am sia, die koning van Juda, het n raadpleging gestuur na Joas, die seun van Joahas, die seun van Jehu, die koning van Israel, om te sê: Kom, laat ons mekaar se aangesig sien.

18 Maar Joas, die koning van Israel, het Am sia, die koning van Juda, d¡t laat weet: Die distel wat op die L¡banon is, het die seder wat op die L¡banon is, laat weet: Gee jou dogter aan my seun as vrou! Maar die diere van die veld wat op die L¡banon is, het verbygegaan en die distel vertrap.

19 U dink u het die Edomiete verslaan, daarom is u hart hoogmoedig om eer te verwerwe. Bly nou tuis! Waarom wil u u in die ongeluk stort, sodat u sou val, u en Juda saam met u?

20 Maar Am sia het nie geluister nie; want dit was van God beskik om hulle uit te lewer, omdat hulle die gode van Edom gesoek het.

21 Toe trek Joas, die koning van Israel, op; en hulle het mekaar se aangesig gesien, hy en Am sia, die koning van Juda, by Bet-Semes wat aan Juda behoort.

22 En Juda is voor Israel verslaan, en hulle het gevlug, elkeen na sy tente toe.

23 En Joas, die koning van Israel, het Am sia, die koning van Juda, die seun van Joas, die seun van Joahas, by Bet-Semes gevang en hom na Jerusalem gebring en vier honderd el van die muur van Jerusalem afgebreek, van die Efraimspoort af tot by die Hoekpoort.

24 En hy het al die goud en die silwer geneem en al die voorwerpe wat in die huis van God by Obed-Edom te vinde was, en die skatte van die huis van die koning en ook die gyselaars, en omgedraai na Samar¡a toe.

25 En Am sia, die seun van Joas, die koning van Juda, het n die dood van Joas, die seun van Joahas, die koning van Israel, vyftien jaar gelewe.

26 En die verdere geskiedenis van Am sia, die vroeëre en die latere, kyk, is dit nie beskrywe in die Boek van die konings van Juda en Israel nie?

27 En van die tyd af dat Am sia van die HERE afvallig geword het, het hulle 'n sameswering teen hom gesmee in Jerusalem, sodat hy na Lagis gevlug het; maar hulle het agter hom aangestuur na Lagis en hom daar gedood.

28 En hulle het hom op perde vervoer en hom by sy vaders begrawe in die stad van Dawid.

29 die twee en twintigste vir Gidd lti; sy seuns en sy broers, twaalf;

30 die drie en twintigste vir Mah siot; sy seuns en sy broers, twaalf;

31 die vier en twintigste vir Rom mti-Eser; sy seuns en sy broers, twaalf.