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drb @2Kings:14:1 @In the second year of Joas son of Joachaz , king of Israel , reigned Amasias son of Joas king of Juda . drb @2Kings:14:2 @He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign : and nine and twenty gears he reigned in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Joadan of Jerusalem . drb @2Kings:14:3 @And he did that which was right before the Lord , but yet not like David his father . He did according to all things that Joas his father did : drb @2Kings:14:4 @But this only , that he took not away the high places : for yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places . drb @2Kings:14:5 @And when he had possession of the kingdom , he put his servants to death that had slain the king his father : drb @2Kings:14:6 @But the children of the murderers he did not put to death , according to 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 , neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : but every man shall die for his own sins . drb @2Kings:14:7 @He slew of Edom h in the valley of the Saltpits ten thousand men , and took the rock by war , and called the name thereof Jectehel , unto this day . drb @2Kings:14:8 @Then Amasias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz , son of Jehu king of Israel , saying : Come let us see one another . drb @2Kings:14:9 @And Joas king of Israel sent again to Amasias king of Juda , saying : A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree , which is in Libanus , saying : Give thy daughter to my son to wife . And the beasts of the forest , that are in Libanus , passed and trod down the thistle . drb @2Kings:14:10 @Thou hast beaten and prevailed over Edom , and thy heart hath lifted thee up : be content with the glory , and sit at home : why provokest thou evil , that thou shouldst fall , and Juda with thee ? drb @2Kings:14:11 @But Amasias did not rest satisfied . So Joas king of Israel went up , and he and Amasias king of Juda saw one another in Bethsames a town in Juda . drb @2Kings:14:12 @And Juda was put to the worst before Israel , and they fled every man to their dwellings . drb @2Kings:14:13 @But Joas king of Israel took Amasias , king of Juda the son of Joas , the son of Ochozias , in Bethsames , and brought him into Jerusalem : and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem , from the gate of Ephraim to the gate of the corner , four hundred cubits . drb @2Kings:14:14 @And he took all the gold , and silver , and all the vessels , that were found in the house of the Lord , and in the king 's treasures , and hostages , and returned to Samaria . drb @2Kings:14:15 @But the rest of the acts of Joas , which he did , and his valour , wherewith he fought against Amasias king of Juda , are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? drb @2Kings:14:16 @And Joas slept with his fathers , and was buried in Samaria , with the kings of Israel : and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead . drb @2Kings:14:17 @And Amasias the son of Joas king of Juda lived , after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years drb @2Kings:14:18 @And the rest of the acts of Amasias , are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda ? drb @2Kings:14:19 @Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem : and he fled to Lachis . And they sent after him to Lachis , and killed him there . drb @2Kings:14:20 @And they brought him away upon horses , and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David . drb @2Kings:14:21 @And all the people of Juda took Azarias , who was sixteen years old , and made him king instead of his father Amasias . drb @2Kings:14:22 @He built Elath , and restored it to Juda , after that the king slept with his fathers . drb @2Kings:14:23 @In the fifteenth year of Amasias k son of Joas king of Juda , reigned Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel in Samaria , one and forty years : drb @2Kings:14:24 @And he did that which was evil before the Lord . He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat , who made Israel to sin . drb @2Kings:14:25 @He restored the borders of Israel from the entrance of Emath , unto the sea of the wilderness , according to the word of the Lord the God of Israel , which he spoke by his servant Jonas the son of Amathi , the prophet , who was of Geth , which is in Opher . drb @2Kings:14:26 @For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel that it was exceeding bitter , and that they were consumed even to them that were shut up in prison , and the lowest persons , and that there was no one to help Israel . drb @2Kings:14:27 @And the Lord did not say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven , but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas . drb @2Kings:14:28 @But the rest of the acts of Jeroboam , and all that he did , and his velour , where - with he fought , and how he restored Damascus , and Emath to Juda in Israel , are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ? drb @2Kings:14:29 @And Jeroboam slept with his fathers the kings of Israel , and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead .

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