2Kings:14:1-22
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In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz ,
king of Israel ,
Amaziah the son of Joash ,
king of Judah ,
became king .
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king ,
and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem .
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And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD ,
yet not like his father David ;
he did everything as his father Joash had done .
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However the high places were not taken away ,
and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places .
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Now it happened ,
as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand ,
that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king .
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But the children of the murderers he did not execute ,
according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses ,
in which the LORD commanded ,
saying , "
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children ,
nor shall children be put to death for their fathers ;
but a person shall be put to death for his own sin ."
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He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt ,
and took Sela by war ,
and called its name Joktheel to this day .
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Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz ,
the son of Jehu ,
king of Israel ,
saying , "
Come ,
let us face one another in battle ."
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And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah ,
saying , "
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon ,
saying , "
Give your daughter to my son as wife ';
and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle .
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You have indeed defeated Edom ,
and your heart has lifted you up .
Glory in that ,
and stay at home ;
for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall--you and Judah with you ?"
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But Amaziah would not heed .
Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out ;
so he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth Shemesh ,
which belongs to Judah .
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And Judah was defeated by Israel ,
and every man fled to his tent .
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Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah ,
the son of Jehoash ,
the son of Ahaziah ,
at Beth Shemesh ;
and he went to Jerusalem ,
and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate--four hundred cubits .
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And he took all the gold and silver ,
all the articles that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king '
s house ,
and hostages ,
and returned to Samaria .
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did--his might ,
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah--are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
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So Jehoash rested with his fathers ,
and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel .
Then Jeroboam his son reigned in his place .
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Amaziah the son of Joash ,
king of Judah ,
lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz ,
king of Israel .
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Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?
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And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ,
and he fled to Lachish ;
but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there .
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Then they brought him on horses ,
and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David .
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And all the people of Judah took Azariah ,
who was sixteen years old ,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah .
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He built Elath and restored it to Judah ,
after the king rested with his fathers .
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