1 Amaziah|strong="H0558" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H3389" 29 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H0558" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jehoaddin|strong="H3086". Jehoaddin|strong="H3086" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
2 Amaziah did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H3824" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", but|strong="H7535" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068" all his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824".
3 He|strong="H0834" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428".
4 But|strong="H3588" Amaziah|strong="H0001" obeyed the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* and|strong="H1121" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" official’s children|strong="H1121". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", “Parents|strong="H0001" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" something their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" did|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" something their|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001" did|strong="H0834". People|strong="H0376" should|strong="H0376" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" only for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" themselves|strong="H5921" did|strong="H0834".”
5 Amaziah|strong="H0558" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" together|strong="H6908". He|strong="H0853" grouped them|strong="H0853" by|strong="H8141" families|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" put|strong="H6485" generals|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" captains|strong="H8269" in|strong="H8141" charge|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H1121". The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H8141" charge|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H3967" from|strong="H3318" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0970" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" chosen to|strong="H0001" be|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H3967" were|strong="H1121" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" older|strong="H4605". In|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1121" 300,000 skilled|strong="H0970" soldiers|strong="H3967" ready to|strong="H0001" fight with|strong="H1004" spears|strong="H7420" and|strong="H1121" shields|strong="H6793".
6 Amaziah also|strong="H3478" hired|strong="H7936" 100,000 soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3478" paid 3 3/4 tons of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3478" hire|strong="H7936" these soldiers|strong="H2428".
7 But|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Amaziah and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428", don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" with|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478" or|strong="H0408" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669".
8 Maybe you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0430" make|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H0859" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H0935" ready for|strong="H3588" war|strong="H4421", but|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" can|strong="H0518" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H0859" win or|strong="H0518" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H0859" lose.”
9 Amaziah|strong="H0558" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", “But|strong="H0376" what|strong="H4100" about the|strong="H0559" money I|strong="H0834" already paid|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Israelite|strong="H3478" army?” The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" answered|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" plenty. He|strong="H0834" can|strong="H4100" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" much|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" that|strong="H0834".”
10 So|strong="H0834" Amaziah|strong="H0558" sent|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" Israelite army back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725" to|strong="H0413" Ephraim|strong="H0669". These|strong="H0834" men were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" king and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4725" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734".
11 Then|strong="H0853" Amaziah|strong="H0558" became|strong="H2388" very brave and|strong="H1121" led|strong="H5090" his|strong="H5221" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Salt|strong="H4417" Valley|strong="H1516" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" country of|strong="H1121" Edom. There his|strong="H5221" army|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165".
12 They|strong="H0935" also|strong="H0935" captured|strong="H7617" 10,000 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" Seir and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7617" them|strong="H7617" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H0935" cliff|strong="H5553". Then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" army of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H7617" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" cliff|strong="H5553" while|strong="H7617" they|strong="H0935" were|strong="H1121" still alive|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" bodies were|strong="H1121" broken|strong="H1234" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" rocks|strong="H5553" below.
13 Meanwhile, the|strong="H0834" Israelite army|strong="H4421" was|strong="H0834" attacking|strong="H5221" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H1992" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0834" towns|strong="H5892" from|strong="H7725" Beth Horon all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Samaria|strong="H8111". They|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H5221" 3000 people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H0962" many|strong="H7227" valuable things|strong="H7969". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" angry because|strong="H0834" Amaziah|strong="H0558" didn’t let them|strong="H1992" join|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5221" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" war|strong="H4421".
14 Amaziah|strong="H0558" came|strong="H0935" home after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0310" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Edomites|strong="H0130". He|strong="H0310" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" idols that|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165" worshiped|strong="H7812". He|strong="H0310" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0935" worship|strong="H7812" those|strong="H1121" idols. He|strong="H0310" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5221" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853".
15 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H0413" Amaziah|strong="H0558", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". The|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559", “Amaziah|strong="H0558", why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" worshiped the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" those|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" worship? Those|strong="H0834" gods|strong="H0430" could|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" own people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0834"!”
16 When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" spoke|strong="H1696", Amaziah|strong="H3289" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030", “We|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" an|strong="H1961" advisor to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". Be|strong="H1961" quiet! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" quiet, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H5221".” The|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" became|strong="H1961" quiet, but|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" and|strong="H0430" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" advice|strong="H6098".”
17 King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" talked with|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7971" advisors. Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7200" message to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". Amaziah|strong="H0558" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoash, “Let’s|strong="H1980" meet|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" face|strong="H6440".” Jehoash was|strong="H3478" Jehoahaz’s|strong="H3059" son|strong="H1121". Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" was|strong="H3478" Jehu’s|strong="H3058" son|strong="H1121".
18 Then|strong="H0853" Jehoash sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5414" answer|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Amaziah|strong="H0558". Jehoash was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Jehoash told|strong="H0559" this|strong="H0834" story: “A|strong="H5414" little thornbush of|strong="H1121" Lebanon|strong="H3844" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" big cedar|strong="H0730" tree of|strong="H1121" Lebanon|strong="H3844". The|strong="H0853" little thornbush said|strong="H0559", ‘Let|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" marry|strong="H0802" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121".’ But|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5414" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" came|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" walked over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" thornbush and|strong="H1121" destroyed it|strong="H5414".
19 You|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" yourself|strong="H0859", ‘I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H0859" defeated|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0123"!’ You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4100" proud|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H0859" brag. But|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H4100" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H4100" no need for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0559" get into|strong="H5307" trouble|strong="H7451". If|strong="H2009" you|strong="H0859" fight me|strong="H5973", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H3820" destroyed|strong="H5221".”
20 But|strong="H3588" Amaziah|strong="H0558" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085". God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H5414" this|strong="H1931" happen. God|strong="H0430" planned to|strong="H8085" let|strong="H5414" Israel defeat|strong="H5414" Judah, because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0430" Judah followed the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0430" Edom|strong="H0123" followed.
21 So|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" met King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" face|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" town of|strong="H4428" Beth Shemesh in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063".
22 Israel|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" Judah|strong="H3063". Every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" home|strong="H0168".
23 Jehoash captured|strong="H8610" Amaziah|strong="H0558" at|strong="H3478" Beth Shemesh and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H8610" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Amaziah|strong="H0558" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", and|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059". Jehoash tore|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Ephraim|strong="H0669" Gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Corner Gate|strong="H8179", a|strong="H0935" section about|strong="H4428" 600 feet|strong="H0520" long|strong="H5704".
24 He|strong="H0430" took|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0430" God’s|strong="H0430" Temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" Obed Edom was|strong="H0430" responsible for|strong="H1004". Jehoash also|strong="H0853" took|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" hostages|strong="H8594". Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0430" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111".
25 Amaziah|strong="H0558" lived|strong="H2421" 15 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H0310" Jehoash died|strong="H4191". Amaziah’s|strong="H0558" father was|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3101" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063".
26 Everything else|strong="H3808" Amaziah|strong="H0558" did|strong="H3808", from|strong="H5921" beginning|strong="H7223" to|strong="H5921" end|strong="H0314", is|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612", \+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*.
27 When|strong="H0834" Amaziah|strong="H0558" stopped|strong="H5493" obeying the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" made|strong="H7194" plans against|strong="H5921" Amaziah|strong="H0558". He|strong="H0834" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0834" town of|strong="H3068" Lachish|strong="H3923". But|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" men to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H4191" Amaziah|strong="H0558" there|strong="H8033".
28 Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H5921" carried|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5921" body on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3063" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" ancestors|strong="H0001" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0001" Judah|strong="H3063".