The Second Book of The Kings

2Ki 14:1 In the second year of Jo´-ash son of Je-ho´-a-haz king of Israel reigned Am-a-zi´-ah the son of Jo´-ash king of Judah.

2Ki 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 Je-ho-ad´dan of Jerusalem.

2Ki 14:3 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 Jo´-ash his father did.

2Ki 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

2Ki 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.

2Ki 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 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.

2Ki 14:7 He slew of E´-dom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Jok´the-el unto this day.

2Ki 14:8 Then Am-a-zi´-ah sent messengers to Je-ho´-ash, the son of Jeho´-a-haz son of Je´-hu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

2Ki 14:9 And Je-ho´-ash the king of Israel sent to Am-a-zi´-ah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Leb´-a-non sent to the cedar that was in Leb´a-non, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Leb´-a-non, and trode down the thistle.

2Ki 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten E´dom, 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?

2Ki 14:11 But Am-a-zi´-ah would not hear. Therefore Je-ho´-ash king of Israel went up; and he and Am-a-zi´-ah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–she´-mesh, which belongeth to Judah.

2Ki 14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

2Ki 14:13 And Je-ho´-ash king of Israel took Am-a-zi´-ah king of Judah, the son of Je-ho´-ash the son of A-ha-zi´ah, at Beth–she´-mesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of E´-phraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

2Ki 14:14 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 Sa-ma´-ri-a.

2Ki 14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jeho´-ash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Am-a-zi´-ah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2Ki 14:16 And Je-ho´-ash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sa-ma´-ri-a with the kings of Israel; and Jer-o-bo´am his son reigned in his stead.

2Ki 14:17 And Am-a-zi´-ah the son of Jo´ash king of Judah lived after the death of Je-ho´-ash son of Je-ho´-a-haz king of Israel fifteen years.

2Ki 14:18 And the rest of the acts of Am-a-zi´-ah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2Ki 14:19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to La´-chish; but they sent after him to La´-chish, and slew him there.

2Ki 14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

2Ki 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Az-a-ri´-ah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Am-a-zi´-ah.

2Ki 14:22 He built E´-lath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2Ki 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Am-azi´-ah the son of Jo´-ash king of Judah Jer-o-bo´-am the son of Jo´-ash king of Israel began to reign in Sa-ma´-ri-a, and reigned forty and one years.

2Ki 14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jer-o-bo´-am the son of Ne´-bat, who made Israel to sin.

2Ki 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Ha´-math 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 A-mit´-tai, the prophet, which was of Gath–he´-pher.

2Ki 14:26 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.

2Ki 14:27 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 Jer-o-bo´-am the son of Jo´-ash.

2Ki 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jer-o-bo´-am, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Ha´math, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2Ki 14:29 And Jer-o-bo´-am slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zach-a-ri´-ah his son reigned in his stead.