1Amaziah[H558] was twenty[H6242] and five[H2568]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]twenty[H6242] and nine[H8672]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Jehoaddan[H3086] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], but not with a perfect[H8003]heart[H3824].
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Now it came to pass, when the kingdom[H4467] was established[H2388] to him, that he slew[H2026] his servants[H5650] that had killed[H5221] the king[H4428] his father[H1].
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But he slew[H4191] not their children[H1121], but did as it is written[H3789] in the law[H8451] in the book[H5612] of Moses[H4872], where the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680], saying[H559], The fathers[H1] shall not die[H4191] for the children[H1121], neither shall the children[H1121]die[H4191] for the fathers[H1], but every man[H376] shall die[H4191] for his own sin[H2399].
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Moreover Amaziah[H558]gathered[H6908]Judah[H3063]together[H6908], and made[H5975] them captains[H8269] over thousands[H505], and captains[H8269] over hundreds[H3967], according to the houses[H1004] of their fathers[H1], throughout all Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144]: and he numbered[H6485] them from twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] and above[H4605], and found[H4672] them three[H7969]hundred[H3967]thousand[H505]choice[H977] men, able to go forth[H3318] to war[H6635], that could handle[H270]spear[H7420] and shield[H6793].
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He hired[H7936] also an hundred[H3967]thousand[H505]mighty[H1368] men of valour[H2428] out of Israel[H3478] for an hundred[H3967]talents[H3603] of silver[H3701].
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But there came[H935] a man[H376] of God[H430] to him, saying[H559], O king[H4428], let not the army[H6635] of Israel[H3478]go[H935] with thee; for the LORD[H3068] is not with Israel[H3478], to wit, with all the children[H1121] of Ephraim[H669].
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But if thou wilt go[H935], do[H6213] it, be strong[H2388] for the battle[H4421]: God[H430] shall make thee fall[H3782]before[H6440] the enemy[H341]: for God[H430]hath[H3426]power[H3581] to help[H5826], and to cast down[H3782].
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And Amaziah[H558]said[H559] to the man[H376] of God[H430], But what shall we do[H6213] for the hundred[H3967]talents[H3603] which I have given[H5414] to the army[H1416] of Israel?[H3478] And the man[H376] of God[H430]answered[H559], The LORD[H3068]is[H3426] able to give[H5414] thee much more[H7235] than this.
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Then Amaziah[H558]separated[H914] them, to wit, the army[H1416] that was come[H935] to him out of Ephraim[H669], to go[H3212]home[H4725]again[H3212]: wherefore their anger[H639] was greatly[H3966]kindled[H2734] against Judah[H3063], and they returned[H7725]home[H4725] in great[H2750]anger[H639].
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And Amaziah[H558]strengthened[H2388] himself, and led forth[H5090] his people[H5971], and went[H3212] to the valley[H1516] of salt[H4417], and smote[H5221] of the children[H1121] of Seir[H8165]ten[H6235]thousand[H505].
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And other ten[H6235]thousand[H505] left alive[H2416] did the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] carry away captive[H7617], and brought[H935] them unto the top[H7218] of the rock[H5553], and cast them down[H7993] from the top[H7218] of the rock[H5553], that they all were broken in pieces[H1234].
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But the soldiers[H1121] of the army[H1416] which Amaziah[H558] sent back[H7725], that they should not go[H3212] with him to battle[H4421], fell[H6584] upon the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], from Samaria[H8111] even unto Bethhoron[H1032], and smote[H5221]three[H7969]thousand[H505] of them, and took[H962]much[H7227]spoil[H961].
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Now it came to pass, after[H310] that Amaziah[H558] was come[H935] from the slaughter[H5221] of the Edomites[H130], that he brought[H935] the gods[H430] of the children[H1121] of Seir[H8165], and set them up[H5975] to be his gods[H430], and bowed down[H7812] himself before[H6440] them, and burned incense[H6999] unto them.
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Wherefore the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against Amaziah[H558], and he sent[H7971] unto him a prophet[H5030], which said[H559] unto him, Why hast thou sought[H1875] after the gods[H430] of the people[H5971], which could not deliver[H5337] their own people[H5971] out of thine hand?[H3027]
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And it came to pass, as he talked[H1696] with him, that the king said[H559] unto him, Art thou made[H5414] of the king's counsel?[H3289]forbear[H2308]; why shouldest thou be smitten?[H5221] Then the prophet[H5030]forbare[H2308], and said[H559], I know[H3045] that God[H430] hath determined[H3289] to destroy[H7843] thee, because thou hast done[H6213] this, and hast not hearkened[H8085] unto my counsel[H6098].
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Then Amaziah[H558]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] took advice[H3289], and sent[H7971] to Joash[H3101], the son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059], the son[H1121] of Jehu[H3058], king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Come[H3212], let us see one another[H7200] in the face[H6440].
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And Joash[H3101]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]sent[H7971] to Amaziah[H558]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], The thistle[H2336] that was in Lebanon[H3844]sent[H7971] to the cedar[H730] that was in Lebanon[H3844], saying[H559], Give[H5414] thy daughter[H1323] to my son[H1121] to wife[H802]: and there passed by[H5674] a wild[H7704]beast[H2416] that was in Lebanon[H3844], and trode down[H7429] the thistle[H2336].
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Thou sayest[H559], Lo, thou hast smitten[H5221] the Edomites[H123]; and thine heart[H3820] lifteth thee up[H5375] to boast[H3513]: abide[H3427] now at home[H1004]; why shouldest thou meddle[H1624] to thine hurt[H7451], that thou shouldest fall[H5307], even thou, and Judah[H3063] with thee?
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But Amaziah[H558] would not hear[H8085]; for it came of God[H430], that he might deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of their enemies, because they sought[H1875] after the gods[H430] of Edom[H123].
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So Joash[H3101] the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927]; and they saw one another[H7200] in the face[H6440], both he and Amaziah[H558]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], at Bethshemesh[H1053], which belongeth to Judah[H3063].
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And Judah[H3063] was put to the worse[H5062]before[H6440]Israel[H3478], and they fled[H5127] every man[H376] to his tent[H168].
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And Joash[H3101] the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]took[H8610]Amaziah[H558]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101], the son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059], at Bethshemesh[H1053], and brought[H935] him to Jerusalem[H3389], and brake down[H6555] the wall[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] from the gate[H8179] of Ephraim[H669] to the corner[H6437]gate[H8179], four[H702]hundred[H3967]cubits[H520].
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And he took all the gold[H2091] and the silver[H3701], and all the vessels[H3627] that were found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of God[H430] with Obededom[H5654], and the treasures[H214] of the king's house[H1004], the hostages[H1121] also, and returned[H7725] to Samaria[H8111].
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And Amaziah[H558] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]lived[H2421]after[H310] the death[H4194] of Joash[H3101]son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]fifteen[H2568]years[H8141].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Amaziah[H558], first[H7223] and last[H314], behold, are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and Israel?[H3478]
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Now after[H310] the time[H6256] that Amaziah[H558] did turn away[H5493] from following[H310] the LORD[H3068] they made[H7194] a conspiracy[H7195] against him in Jerusalem[H3389]; and he fled[H5127] to Lachish[H3923]: but they sent[H7971] to Lachish[H3923]after[H310] him, and slew[H4191] him there.
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And they brought[H5375] him upon horses[H5483], and buried[H6912] him with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of Judah[H3063].