2Kings:14:1-22
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The second yeere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah .
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He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne ,
and reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem ,
and his mothers name was Iehoadan of Ierusalem .
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And he did [
that which was ] (
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In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness ,
but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans .(:
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right in the sight of the LORD ,
yet not like David his father :
he did according to all things as Joash his father did .
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Notwithstanding the hie places were not taken away :
for as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the hie places .
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And when the kingdome was confirmed in his hand ,
he slewe his seruants which had killed the King his father .
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But the children of the murderers he (
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Because they neither consented nor were partakers with their fathers in that act .(:
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slew not :
according unto 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 ,
nor the children be put to death for the fathers ;
but every man shall be put to death for his own sin .
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He slew of (
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For the Idumeans ,
whom David had brought to subjection ,
rebelled in the time of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat .(:
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Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand ,
and took Selah by war ,
and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day .
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Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash ,
the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu ,
king of Israel ,
saying ,
Come , (
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Let us fight hand to hand ,
and try it by battle ,
and not destroy one another '
s cities .(:
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let us look one another in the face .
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And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah ,
saying ,
The thistle that [
was ]
in Lebanon sent to the (
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By this parable Jehoash compares himself to a cedar tree ,
because of his great kingdom over ten tribes and Amaziah to the thistle because he ruled over but two tribes and the wild beasts are Jehoash '
s soldiers ,
that spoiled the cities of Judah .(:
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cedar that [
was ]
in Lebanon ,
saying ,
Give thy daughter to my son to wife :
and there passed by a wild beast that [
was ]
in Lebanon ,
and trode down the thistle .
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Thou hast indeed smitten Edom ,
and thine heart hath lifted thee up : (
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Brag of the victory ,
so that you stay at home and do not provoke me .(:
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glory [
of this ],
and tarry at home :
for why shouldest thou meddle to [
thy ]
hurt ,
that thou shouldest fall , [
even ]
thou ,
and Judah with thee ?
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But Amaziah would not heare :
therefore Iehoash King of Israel went vp :
and he and Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah .
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And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel ,
and they fledde euery man to their tents .
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But Iehoash King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah ,
the sonne of Iehoash the sonne of Ahaziah ,
at Beth-shemesh ,
and came to Ierusalem ,
and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate ,
foure hundreth cubites .
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And he took all the gold and silver ,
and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD ,
and in the treasures of the king '
s house ,
and (
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That is ,
which the Israelites had given to them from Judah for an assurance of peace .(:
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hostages ,
and returned to Samaria .
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Concerning the rest of the acts of Iehoash which he did and his valiant deedes ,
and how he fought with Amaziah King of Iudah ,
are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ?
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And Iehoash slept with his fathers ,
and was buried at Samaria among the Kings of Israel :
and Ieroboam his sonne reigned in his stead .
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And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah ,
liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel fifteene yeere .
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Concerning the rest of the actes of Amaziah ,
are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah ?
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Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem :
and he fled to (
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Which Rehoboam built in Judah for a fortress , (
2Ch_11
:9 ).(:
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Lachish ;
but they sent after him to Lachish ,
and slew him there .
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And they brought him on horses ,
and he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in the citie of Dauid .
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And all the people of Judah took (
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Who is also called Uzziah , (
2Ch_26
:1 ).(:
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Azariah ,
which [
was ]
sixteen years old ,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah .
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He built (
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Which is also called Elanon or Eloth .(:
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Elath ,
and restored it to Judah ,
after that the king slept with his fathers .
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