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¹ The second yeere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah.

² He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iehoadan of Ierusalem.

³ And he did [that which was]In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans.right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

⁴ Notwithstanding the hie places were not taken away: for as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the hie places.

⁵ And when the kingdome was confirmed in his hand, he slewe his seruants which had killed the King his father.

⁶ But the children of the murderers heBecause they neither consented nor were partakers with their fathers in that act.slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

⁷ He slew ofFor the Idumeans, whom David had brought to subjection, rebelled in the time of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat.Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

⁸ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come,Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another's cities.let us look one another in the face.

⁹ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to theBy this parable Jehoash compares himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes and Amaziah to the thistle because he ruled over but two tribes and the wild beasts are Jehoash's soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah.cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

¹⁰ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up:Brag of the victory, so that you stay at home and do not provoke me.glory [of this], and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?

¹¹ But Amaziah would not heare: therefore Iehoash King of Israel went vp: and he and Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah.

¹² And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fledde euery man to their tents.

¹³ But Iehoash King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Iehoash the sonne of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

¹⁴ And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, andThat is, which the Israelites had given to them from Judah for an assurance of peace.hostages, and returned to Samaria.

¹⁵ Concerning the rest of the acts of Iehoash which he did and his valiant deedes, and how he fought with Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

¹⁶ And Iehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried at Samaria among the Kings of Israel: and Ieroboam his sonne reigned in his stead.

¹⁷ And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel fifteene yeere.

¹⁸ Concerning the rest of the actes of Amaziah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

¹⁹ Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled toWhich Rehoboam built in Judah for a fortress, (2Ch_11:9).Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

²⁰ And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.

²¹ And all the people of Judah tookWho is also called Uzziah, (2Ch_26:1).Azariah, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

²² He builtWhich is also called Elanon or Eloth.Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

²³ In the fifteenth yeere of Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash made King ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned one and fourtie yeere.

²⁴ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all theBecause this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man's hands, therefore the Scripture often repeats it in the reproach of all idolaters.sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

²⁵ He restored the coast of Israel, from the entring of Hamath, vnto the Sea of the wildernesse, according to the worde of the Lorde God of Israel, which he spake by his seruant Ionah the sonne of Amittai the Prophet, which was of Gath Hepher.

²⁶ For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, [that it was] very bitter: for [there was] not anyRead (1Ki_14:10).shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

²⁷ Yet the Lord had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from vnder the heauen: therefore he preserued them by the hand of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash.

²⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, andWhich was also called Antiochia of Syria or Riblah.Hamath, [which belonged] to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁹ So Ieroboam slept with his fathers, euen with the Kings of Israel, and Zachariah his sonne reigned in his steade.