14:1 In the second year of Joas the son of
Joachaz king of Israel, did Amessias also the son of Joas the king of Judah
begin to reign.
14:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
twenty and nine year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Joadim of
Jerusalem.
14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of Yehovah, but not as
David his father: he did according to all things that his father Joas did.
14:4 Only he removed not the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and
burnt incense on the high places.
14:5 And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that
he slew his servants that had slain the king his father.
14:6 But he slew not the sons of those that had slain him; according as it
is written in the book of the laws of Moses, as Yehovah gave commandment,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the
children shall not be put to death for the fathers; but every one shall die
for his own sins.
14:7 He smote of Edom ten thousand in the valley of salt, and took the Rock
in the war, and called its name Jethoel until this day.
14:8 Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Ju king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
14:9 And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Judah, saying, The
thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying,
Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that
were in Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle.
14:10 Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up:
stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy
hurt? So [both] thou wilt fall and Judah with thee.
14:11 Nevertheless Amessias hearkened not: so Joas king of Israel went up,
and he and Amessias king of Judah looked one another in the face in
Baethsamys of Judah.
14:12 And Judah was overthrown before Israel, and [every] man fled to his
tent.
14:13 And Joas king of Israel took Amessias the son of Joas the son of
Ochozias, in Baethsamys; and he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall
of Jerusalem, [beginning] at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the
corner, four hundred cubits.
14:14 And he took the gold, ad the silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of Yehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
14:15 And the rest of the acts of Joas, [even] all that he did in his might,
how he warred with Amessias king of Judah, are not these things written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
14:16 And Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the
kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
14:17 And Amessias the son of Joas king of Judah lived after the death of
Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amessias, and all that he did, [are] not
these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
14:19 And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to
Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.
14:20 And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azarias, and he was sixteen years old,
and made him king in the room of his father Amessias.
14:22 He built Aeloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with
his fathers.
14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amessias son of Joas king of Judah began
Jeroboam son of Joas to reign over Israel in Samaria forty and one years.
14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah: he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.
14:25 He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Aemath to the
sea of Araba, according to the word of Yehovah Elohim of Israel, which he
spoke by his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet of Gethchopher.
14:26 For Yehovah saw [that] the affliction of Israel [was] very bitter,
and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and destitute, and
Israel had no helper.
14:27 And Yehovah said that he would not blot out the seed of Israel from
under heaven; so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas.
14:28 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his
mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he recovered Damascus and
Aemath to Judah in Israel, [are] not these things written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead. |
14:1 In the second year of Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
14:2 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.
14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of Yehovah, yet not like
David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
14:5 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.
14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that
which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein Yehovah
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.
14:7 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.
14:8 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.
14:9 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.
14:10 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?
14:11 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.
14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man
to their tents.
14:13 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.
14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of Yehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
14:15 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?
14:16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the
kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
14:19 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.
14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
14:23 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.
14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah: he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the
sea of the plain, according to the word of Yehovah Elohim of Israel, which he
spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet,
which was of Gathhepher.
14:26 For Yehovah 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.
14:27 And Yehovah 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.
14:28 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?
14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. |