2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was
twenty and
five years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned twenty and
nine years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem. 2 And he
did that which was
right in the
sight of the
LORD, but not with a
perfect heart. 3 Now it came to pass, when the
kingdom was
established to him, that he
slew his
servants that had
killed the
king his
father. 4 But he
slew not their
children, but did as it is
written in the
law in the
book of
Moses, where the
LORD 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
made them
captains over
thousands, and
captains over
hundreds, according to the
houses of their
fathers, throughout all
Judah and
Benjamin: and he
numbered them from
twenty years old and
above, and
found them
three hundred thousand choice men, able to go
forth to
war, that could
handle spear and
shield. 6 He
hired also an
hundred thousand mighty men of
valour out of
Israel for an
hundred talents of
silver. 7 But there
came a
man of
God to him,
saying, O
king, let not the
army of
Israel go with thee; for the
LORD is not with
Israel, to wit, with all the
children of
Ephraim. 8 But if thou wilt
go,
do it, be
strong for the
battle: God shall make thee
fall before the
enemy: for
God hath power to
help, and to cast
down.
9 And
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? And the
man of
God answered, The
LORD is able to
give thee much
more than this.
10 Then
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the
army that was
come to him out of
Ephraim, to
go home again: wherefore their
anger was
greatly kindled against
Judah, and they
returned home in
great anger. 11 And
Amaziah strengthened himself, and led
forth his
people, and
went to the
valley of
salt, and
smote of the
children of
Seir ten thousand. 12 And other
ten thousand left
alive did the
children of
Judah carry away
captive, and
brought them unto the
top of the
rock, and cast them
down from the
top of the
rock, that they all were broken in
pieces.
13 But the
soldiers of the
army which
Amaziah sent
back, that they should not
go with him to
battle, fell upon the
cities of
Judah, from
Samaria even unto
Bethhoron, and
smote three thousand of them, and
took much spoil. 14 Now it came to pass,
after that
Amaziah was
come from the
slaughter of the
Edomites, that 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 unto them.
15 Wherefore the
anger of the
LORD was
kindled against
Amaziah, and he
sent unto him a
prophet, which
said unto him, Why hast thou
sought after the
gods of the
people, which could not
deliver their own
people out of thine
hand? 16 And it came to pass, as he
talked with him, that the king
said unto him, Art thou
made of the
king's counsel?
forbear; why shouldest thou be
smitten? Then the
prophet forbare, and
said, I
know that
God hath
determined to
destroy thee, because thou hast
done this, and hast not
hearkened unto my
counsel. 17 Then
Amaziah king of
Judah took
advice, and
sent to
Joash, the
son of
Jehoahaz, the
son of
Jehu, king of
Israel, saying,
Come, let us see one
another in the
face. 18 And
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 thy
daughter to my
son to
wife: and there passed
by a
wild beast that was in
Lebanon, and trode
down the
thistle. 19 Thou
sayest, Lo, thou hast
smitten the
Edomites; and thine
heart lifteth thee
up to
boast:
abide now at
home; why shouldest thou
meddle to thine
hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, even thou, and
Judah with thee?
20 But
Amaziah would not
hear; for it came of
God, that he might
deliver them into the
hand of their enemies, because they
sought after the
gods of
Edom. 21 So
Joash the
king of
Israel went
up; and they saw one
another in the
face, both he and
Amaziah king of
Judah, at
Bethshemesh, which belongeth to
Judah. 22 And
Judah was put to the
worse before Israel, and they
fled every
man to his
tent. 23 And
Joash the
king of
Israel took Amaziah king of
Judah, the
son of
Joash, the
son of
Jehoahaz, at
Bethshemesh, and
brought him to
Jerusalem, and brake
down the
wall of
Jerusalem from the
gate of
Ephraim to the
corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24 And he took all the
gold and the
silver, and all the
vessels that were
found in the
house of
God with
Obededom, and the
treasures of the
king's house, the
hostages also, and
returned to
Samaria. 25 And
Amaziah the
son of
Joash king of
Judah lived after the
death of
Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Amaziah, first and
last, behold, are they not
written in the
book of the
kings of
Judah and
Israel? 27 Now after the
time that
Amaziah did turn
away from
following the
LORD they
made a
conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem; and he
fled to
Lachish: but they
sent to
Lachish after him, and
slew him there.
28 And they
brought him upon
horses, and
buried him with his
fathers in the
city of
Judah.