2Chronicles:25

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ylt @2Chronicles:25:1 @A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned , and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem , ylt @2Chronicles:25:2 @and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah -- only , not with a perfect heart . ylt @2Chronicles:25:3 @And it cometh to pass , when the kingdom hath been strong upon him , that he slayeth his servants , those smiting the king his father , ylt @2Chronicles:25:4 @and their sons he hath not put to death , but [did ] as is written in the law , in the book of Moses , whom Jehovah commanded , saying , 'Fathers do not die for sons , and sons die not for fathers , but each for his own sin they die .' ylt @2Chronicles:25:5 @And Amaziah gathereth Judah , and appointeth them , according to the house of the fathers , for heads of the thousands , and for heads of the hundreds , for all Judah and Benjamin ; and he inspecteth them from a son of twenty years and upward , and findeth them three hundred thousand chosen ones , going forth to the host , holding spear and target . ylt @2Chronicles:25:6 @And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour , with a hundred talents of silver ; ylt @2Chronicles:25:7 @and a man of God hath come in unto him , saying , 'O king , the host of Israel doth not go with thee ; for Jehovah is not with Israel -- all the sons of Ephraim ; ylt @2Chronicles:25:8 @but if thou art going -- do [it ], be strong for battle , God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy , for there is power in God to help , and to cause to stumble .' ylt @2Chronicles:25:9 @And Amaziah saith to the man of God , 'And what -- to do for the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel ?' And the man of God saith , 'Jehovah hath more to give to thee than this .' ylt @2Chronicles:25:10 @And Amaziah separateth them -- for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place , and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah , and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger . ylt @2Chronicles:25:11 @And Amaziah hath strengthened himself , and leadeth his people , and goeth to the Valley of Salt , and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand . ylt @2Chronicles:25:12 @And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive , and they bring them to the top of the rock , and cast them from the top of the rock , and all of them have been broken . ylt @2Chronicles:25:13 @And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah , from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon , and smite of them three thousand , and seize much prey . ylt @2Chronicles:25:14 @And it cometh to pass , after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites , that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir , and establisheth them to him for gods , and before them doth bow himself , and to them he maketh perfume . ylt @2Chronicles:25:15 @And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Amaziah , and He sendeth unto him a prophet , and he saith unto him , 'Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand ?' ylt @2Chronicles:25:16 @And it cometh to pass , in his speaking unto him , that he saith to him , 'For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee ? cease for thee ; why do they smite thee ?' And the prophet ceaseth , and saith , 'I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee , because thou hast done this , and hast not hearkened to my counsel .' ylt @2Chronicles:25:17 @And Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel , and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz , son of Jehu , king of Israel , saying , ylt @2Chronicles:25:18 @'Come , we look one another in the face .' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah , saying , 'The thorn that [is ] in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that [is ] in Lebanon , saying , Give thy daughter to my son for a wife ; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is ] in Lebanon , and treadeth down the thorn . ylt @2Chronicles:25:19 @Thou hast said , Lo , I have smitten Edom ; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast ; now , abide in thy house , why dost thou stir thyself up in evil , that thou hast fallen , thou , and Judah with thee ?' ylt @2Chronicles:25:20 @And Amaziah hath not hearkened , for from God it [is ] in order to give them into hand , because they have sought the gods of Edom ; ylt @2Chronicles:25:21 @and go up doth Joash king of Israel , and they look one another in the face , he and Amaziah king of Judah , in Beth-Shemesh , that [is ] Judah 's , ylt @2Chronicles:25:22 @and Judah is smitten before Israel , and they flee -- each to his tents . ylt @2Chronicles:25:23 @And Amaziah king of Judah , son of Joash , son of Jehoahaz , hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh , and bringeth him in to Jerusalem , and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner , four hundred cubits , ylt @2Chronicles:25:24 @and [taketh ] all the gold , and the silver , and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom , and the treasures of the house of the king , and the sons of the pledges , and turneth back to Samaria . ylt @2Chronicles:25:25 @And Amaziah son of Joash , king of Judah , liveth after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz , king of Israel , fifteen years ; ylt @2Chronicles:25:26 @and the rest of the matters of Amaziah , the first and the last , lo , are they not written on the books of the kings of Judah and Israel ? ylt @2Chronicles:25:27 @And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah -- they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem , and he fleeth to Lachish , and they send after him to Lachish , and put him to death there , ylt @2Chronicles:25:28 @and lift him up on the horses , and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah .

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