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.
