2 Kings 14
1. In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned * Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
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.
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 Joash his father did * .
4. Howbeit the high places were not taken away * : as yet the people did sacrifice * and burnt incense * on the high places.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
12. And Judah was put to the worse * before Israel; and they fled * every man to their tents.
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. 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 Samaria.
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?
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.
17. And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived * after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
18. And the rest of the acts of Amaziah,are they not written * in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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.
20. And 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 * Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king * instead of his father Amaziah.
22. He built * Elath, and restored * it to Judah, after that the king slept * with his fathers.
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.
24. And he did * that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed * not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin * .
25. He restored * the coast of Israel from the entering * of Hamath 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 Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
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.
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 Jeroboam the son of Joash.
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?
29. And Jeroboam slept * with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned * in his stead.
