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ylt @2Kings:14:1 @In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah ; ylt @2Kings:14:2 @a son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning , and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem , ylt @2Kings:14:3 @and he doth that which [is ] right in the eyes of Jehovah , only not like David his father , according to all that Joash his father did he hath done , ylt @2Kings:14:4 @only , the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places . ylt @2Kings:14:5 @And it cometh to pass , when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand , that he smiteth his servants , those smiting the king his father , ylt @2Kings:14:6 @and the sons of those smiting [him ] he hath not put to death , as it is written in the book of the law of Moses that Jehovah commanded , saying , 'Fathers are not put to death for sons , and sons are not put to death for fathers , but each for his own sin is put to death .' ylt @2Kings:14:7 @He hath smitten Edom , in the valley of salt -- ten thousand , and seized Selah in war , and [one ] calleth its name Joktheel unto this day , ylt @2Kings:14:8 @then hath Amaziah sent messengers unto Jehoash son of Jehoahaz , son of Jehu , king of Israel , saying , 'Come , we look one another in the face .' ylt @2Kings:14:9 @And Jehoash 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 @2Kings:14:10 @Thou hast certainly smitten Edom , and thy heart hath lifted thee up ; be honoured , and abide in thy house ; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil , that thou hast fallen , thou , and Judah with thee ?' ylt @2Kings:14:11 @And Amaziah hath not hearkened , and go up doth Jehoash 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 @2Kings:14:12 @and Judah is smitten before Israel , and they flee each to his tent . ylt @2Kings:14:13 @And Amaziah king of Judah , son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah , caught hath Jehoash king of Israel in Beth-Shemesh , and they come in to Jerusalem , and he bursteth through the wall of Jerusalem , at the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner , four hundred cubits , ylt @2Kings:14:14 @and hath taken all the gold and the silver , and all the vessels that are found in the house of Jehovah , and in the treasures of the house of the king , and the sons of the pledges , and turneth back to Samaria . ylt @2Kings:14:15 @And the rest of the matters of Jehoash that he did , and his might , and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @2Kings:14:16 @And Jehoash lieth with his fathers , and is buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel , and reign doth Jeroboam his son in his stead . ylt @2Kings:14:17 @And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah liveth after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years , ylt @2Kings:14:18 @and the rest of the matters of Amaziah are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? ylt @2Kings:14:19 @And 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 @2Kings:14:20 @and lift him up on the horses , and he is buried in Jerusalem , with his fathers , in the city of David . ylt @2Kings:14:21 @And all the people of Judah take Azariah , and he [is ] a son of sixteen years , and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah ; ylt @2Kings:14:22 @he hath built Elath , and bringeth it back to Judah , after the lying of the king with his fathers . ylt @2Kings:14:23 @In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah , reigned hath Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel in Samaria -- forty and one years , ylt @2Kings:14:24 @and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , he hath not turned aside from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin . ylt @2Kings:14:25 @He hath brought back the border of Israel , from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the desert , according to the word of Jehovah , God of Israel , that He spake by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet , who [is ] of Gath-Hepher , ylt @2Kings:14:26 @for Jehovah hath seen the affliction of Israel -- very bitter , and there is none restrained , and there is none left , and there is no helper to Israel ; ylt @2Kings:14:27 @and Jehovah hath not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens , and saveth them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash . ylt @2Kings:14:28 @And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam , and all that he did , and his might with which he fought , and with which he brought back Damascus , and Hamath of Judah , into Israel , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @2Kings:14:29 @And Jeroboam lieth with his fathers , with the kings of Israel , and reign doth Zechariah his son in his stead .

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