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Amaziah’s Reign over Judah
14:1 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz , Joash’s son Amaziah became king over Judah . 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign , and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem . His mother was Jehoaddan , who was from Jerusalem . 14:3 He did what the Lord approved , but not like David his father . He followed the example of his father Joash . 14:4 But the high places were not eliminated ; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places . 14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom , he executed the servants who had assassinated his father . 14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins . He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses , “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin .” 14:7 He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley ; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel , a name it has retained to this very day . 14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu , king of Israel . He said , “Come , let’s meet face to face .” 14:9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah , “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon , ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife .’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn . 14:10 You thoroughly defeated Edom and it has gone to your head ! Gloat over your success , but stay in your palace . Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” 14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning , so King Jehoash of Israel attacked . He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah . 14:12 Judah was defeated by Israel , and each man ran back home . 14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah , son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah , in Beth Shemesh . He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet . 14:14 He took away all the gold and silver , all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace , and some hostages . Then he went back to Samaria.( 14:15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah , are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel . 14:16 Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel . His son Jeroboam replaced him as king .) 14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel . 14:18 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah . 14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem , so he fled to Lachish . But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there . 14:20 His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David . 14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah , who was sixteen years old , and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place . 14:22 Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away .
Jeroboam II’s Reign over Israel
14:23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah’s King Amaziah , son of Joash , Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel . He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria .

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