2 Kings 14

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Amaziah Reigns in Judah

¹In the second year of the reign of Jehoash^a son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

¹In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah became king.

²He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

²He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And the name of His mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

³And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.

³And he did right in the eyes of YHWH, yet not like David his father. According to all that Joash his father had done, he did.

⁴Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

⁴However the high places were not taken away; still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

⁵As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

⁵And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had struck the king, his father.

⁶Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”^a

⁶And the sons of those striking he did not kill, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, and children shall not be put to death for their fathers; for but a person for his own sin shall be put to death.”

⁷Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.

⁷He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and he seized Sela by war and called its name Joktheel to this day.

Jehoash Defeats Amaziah

⁸Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

⁸Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us cause to be seen our faces.”

⁹But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

⁹And Jehoash 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 wife.’ And a beast of the field that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

¹⁰You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

¹⁰You have surely struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be honored and stay at home. And why should you stir yourself up in evil so that you will fall—you and Judah with you?”

¹¹But Amaziah would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

¹¹And Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel went up. And they cause to be seen their faces—he and Amaziah king of Judah—at Beth-shemesh, which is unto Judah.

¹²And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

¹²And Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled, each man to his tent.

¹³There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah.

Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.^a

¹³And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, captured Jehoash king of Israel at Beth-shemesh. And he went in to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the Gate of Ephraim to the Gate of the Corner—four hundred cubits.

¹⁴He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

¹⁴And he took all the gold and the silver and all the articles that were found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges; and he returned to Samaria.

Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel

¹⁵As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

¹⁵And the rest of the acts of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

¹⁶And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.

¹⁶And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

The Death of Amaziah

¹⁷Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

¹⁷And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

¹⁸As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

¹⁸And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

¹⁹And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

¹⁹And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. And they sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

²⁰They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

²⁰And they lifted him up on the horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

Azariah Succeeds Amaziah in Judah

²¹Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,^a who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

²¹And all the people of Judah took Azariah—and he was a son of sixteen years—and they made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

²²Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath^a and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

²²He built Elath and brought it back to Judah after the king rested with his fathers.

Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

²³In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.

²³In the fifth year and tenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, forty-one years.

²⁴And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

²⁴And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.

²⁵This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah,^a according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

²⁵He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of YHWH, God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath-hepher.

²⁶For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

²⁶For YHWH saw the affliction of Israel—very bitter—and there was none restrained and none set free, and no helper for Israel.

²⁷and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

²⁷And YHWH had not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, and He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.

²⁸As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

²⁸And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might with which he made war and with which he brought back Damascus and Hamath of Judah into Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

²⁹And Jeroboam rested with his fathers,^a the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.

²⁹And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, with the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son reigned in his place.