2 Kings 14
1 In the
second year of
Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of
Israel reigned Amaziah the
son of
Joash king of
Judah. 2 He was
twenty and
five years old when he began to
reign, and
reigned twenty and
nine years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem. 3 And he
did that which was
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 Howbeit the high
places were not taken
away: as
yet the
people did
sacrifice and burnt
incense on the high
places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the
kingdom was
confirmed in his
hand, that he
slew his
servants which had
slain the
king his
father. 6 But the
children of the
murderers he
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 of
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
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 the
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:
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
hear. Therefore
Jehoash king of
Israel went
up; and he and
Amaziah king of
Judah looked one another in the
face at
Bethshemesh, which belongeth to
Judah. 12 And
Judah was put to the
worse before Israel; and they
fled every
man to their
tents. 13 And
Jehoash king of
Israel took Amaziah king of
Judah, the
son of
Jehoash the
son of
Ahaziah, at
Bethshemesh, and
came to
Jerusalem, and brake
down the
wall of
Jerusalem from the
gate of
Ephraim unto the
corner gate, four hundred cubits. 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, and
hostages, and
returned to
Samaria. 15 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehoash which he
did, and his
might, and how he
fought with
Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel? 16 And
Jehoash slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Samaria with the
kings of
Israel; and
Jeroboam his
son reigned in his stead.
17 And
Amaziah the
son of
Joash king of
Judah lived after the
death of
Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years. 18 And the
rest of the
acts of
Amaziah, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah? 19 Now they
made a
conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem: and he
fled to
Lachish; but they
sent after him to
Lachish, and
slew him there.
20 And they
brought him on
horses: and he was
buried at
Jerusalem with his
fathers in the
city of
David. 21 And all the
people of
Judah took Azariah, which was
sixteen years old, and made him
king instead of his
father Amaziah. 22 He
built Elath, and
restored it to
Judah, after that the
king slept with his
fathers. 23 In the
fifteenth year of
Amaziah the
son of
Joash king of
Judah Jeroboam the
son of
Joash king of
Israel began to
reign in
Samaria, and reigned
forty and
one years. 24 And he
did that which was
evil in the
sight of the
LORD: he
departed not from all the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin.
25 He
restored the
coast of
Israel from the
entering of
Hamath unto the
sea of the
plain, according to the
word of the
LORD God of
Israel, which he
spake by the
hand of his
servant Jonah, the
son of
Amittai, the
prophet, which was of
Gathhepher. 26 For the
LORD saw the
affliction of
Israel, that it was
very bitter: for there was
not any shut
up, nor any
left, nor any
helper for
Israel. 27 And the
LORD said not that he would blot
out the
name of
Israel from under
heaven: but he
saved them by the
hand of
Jeroboam the
son of
Joash. 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, and
Hamath, which belonged to
Judah, for
Israel, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel? 29 And
Jeroboam slept with his
fathers, even with the
kings of
Israel; and
Zachariah his
son reigned in his stead.