Amaziah Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 14

1 In a the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, b Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his father David; he did everything c as his father Joash had done. 4 d However the 1 high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 5 Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants e who had murdered his father the king. 6 But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD commanded, saying, f "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin." 2

7 g He killed ten thousand Edomites in h the Valley of Salt, and took 3 Sela by war, i and called its name Joktheel to this day.

8 j Then Amaziah sent messengers to 4 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face one another in battle." 9 And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, k "The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the l cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son as wife'; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle. 10 "You have indeed defeated Edom, and m your heart has 5 lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall - you and Judah with you?"

11 But Amaziah would not heed. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at n Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent. 13 Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from o the Gate of Ephraim to p the Corner Gate - 6 four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all q the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

15 r Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did - 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 So Jehoash 7 rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

17 s Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 And t they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to u Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. 20 Then 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 v Azariah, 8 who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He built w Elath 9 and restored it to Judah, after 10 the king rested with his fathers.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:10
    In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
  2. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:1
    Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
    2 Chronicles 25:2
    And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a loyal heart.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:2
    Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:3
    But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:20
    And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:16
    Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
    Jeremiah 31:30
    But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
    Ezekiel 18:4
    Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.
    Ezekiel 18:20
    The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:5 - 16
    Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, according to their fathers' houses, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them to be three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war, who could handle spear and shield.
  8. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:13
    And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
    1 Chronicles 18:12
    Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
    Psalms 60:1
    O GOD, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 15:38
    Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel.
  10. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:17
    Now Amaziah king of Judah asked advice and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face one another in battle.
    2 Chronicles 25:18
    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 your daughter to my son as wife'; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 9:8 - 15
    "The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us!'
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 4:33
    Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:14
    When your heart is lifted up, and you forget th...
    2 Chronicles 32:25
    But Hezekiah did not repay according to the fav...
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus sa...
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in trade you have increase...
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty...
    Habakkuk 2:4
    Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in hi...
  14. Cross References
    Joshua 19:38
    Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.
    Joshua 21:16
    Ain with its common-land, Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes.
  15. Cross References
    Nehemiah 8:16
    Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the Water Gate and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim.
    Nehemiah 12:39
    And above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:38
    Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
    Zechariah 14:10
    All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
  17. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:51
    So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
    2 Kings 12:18
    And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and in the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.
    2 Kings 16:8
    And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
  18. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:12
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
    2 Kings 13:13
    So Joash rested with his fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
  19. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:25 - 28
    Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
  20. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:27
    After the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
  21. Cross References
    Joshua 10:31
    Then Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish; and they encamped against it and fought against it.
  22. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:13
    Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
    2 Chronicles 26:1
    Now all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
  23. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:26
    King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
    2 Kings 16:6
    At that time Rezin king of Syria captured Elath for Syria, and drove the men of Judah from Elath. Then the Edomites went to Elath, and dwell there to this day.
    2 Chronicles 8:17
    Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the seacoast, in the land of Edom.
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