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* Amasias began to reign when he was twenty and five years old , and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem ; and his mother ’s name was Joadaen of Jerusalem . * And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , but not with a (note :)Gr . full (:note ) perfect heart . * And it came to pass , when the kingdom was established in his hand , that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father . * But he slew not their sons , according to the covenant of the law of the Lord , as it is written , and as the Lord commanded , saying , The fathers shall not die for the children , and the sons shall not die for the fathers , but they shall die each for his own sin . * And Amasias assembled the house of Juda , and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem : and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards , and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war , holding spear and shield . * Also he hired of Israel a hundred thousand mighty men for a hundred talents of silver . * And there came a man of God to him , saying , O king , let not the host of Israel go with thee ; for the Lord is not with Israel , even all the sons of Ephraim . * For if thou shalt undertake to strengthen thyself with these , then the Lord shall put thee to flight before the enemies : for it is of the Lord both to strengthen and to put to flight . * And Amasias said to the man of God , But what shall I do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel ? And the man of God said , The Lord can give thee much more than these . * And Amasias separated from the army that came to him from Ephraim , that they might go away to their place ; and they were very angry with Juda , and they returned to their place with great wrath . * And Amasias strengthened himself , and took his people , and went to the valley of salt , and smote there the children of Seir ten thousand . * And the children of Juda (note :)Gr . took 10 ,000 , etc . alive (:note ) took ten thousand prisoners , and they carried them to the top of the precipice , and cast them headlong from the top of the precipice , and they were all dashed to pieces . * And the (note :)Gr . sons (:note ) men of the host whom Amasias sent back so that they should not go with him to battle , went and attacked the cities of Juda , from Samaria to Baethoron ; and they smote three thousand among them , and took much spoil . * And it came to pass , after Amasias had returned from smiting Idumea , that he brought home the gods of the children of Seir , and set them up for himself as gods , and bowed down before them , and he sacrificed to them . * And the anger of the Lord came upon Amasias , and he sent him a prophet , and he said to him , Why hast thou sought the gods of the people , which have not rescued their own people out of thine hand ? * And it came to pass when (note :)Or , he , but Alex . omits prov auton , which is more intelligible (:note ) the prophet was speaking to him , that he said to him , have I made thee king ’s counsellor ? take heed lest thou be scourged : and the prophet Gr . was silent forebore , and said , I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee , because thou hast done this thing , and hast not hearkened to my counsel . * And Amasias king of Juda took counsel , and sent to Joas , son of Joachaz , son of Jeu , king of Israel , saying , Come , and let us look one another in the face . * And Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda , saying , The (note :)The Gr . retains the Hebrews . word (:note ) thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus , saying , Give thy daughter to my son to wife ; but , behold , thy wild beasts of the field that are in Libanus shall come : and the wild beasts did come , and trod down the thistle . * Thou hast said , Behold , I have smitten Idumea , and thy (note :)Gr . heavy (:note ) stout heart exalts thee : now stay at home ; for why dost thou implicate thyself in mischief , that thou shouldest fall , and Juda with thee . * Nevertheless Amasias hearkened not , for it was of the Lord to deliver him into the enemy ’s hands , because he sought after the gods of the Idumeans . * So Joas king of Israel went up ; and they saw one another , he and Amasias king of Juda , in Baethsamys , which is of Juda . * And Juda was put to flight before Israel , and they fled every man to his tent . * And Joas king of Israel took prisoner Amasias king of Juda , son of Joas , son of Joachaz , in Baethsamys , and brought him to Jerusalem ; and he pulled down part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate , four hundred cubits . * And he took all the gold and the silver , and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and with Abdedom , and the treasures of the king ’s house , and the (note :)Gr . sons of alliances or unions (:note ) hostages , and he returned to Samaria . * And Amasias the son of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years . * And the rest of the acts of Amasias , the first and the last , Lo ! are they not written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel ? * And at the time when Amasias departed from the Lord , then they formed a conspiracy against him ; and he fled from Jerusalem to Lachis : and they sent after him to Lachis , and slew him there . * And they took him up on horses , and buried him with his fathers in the city of David .

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