1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. Compare verse1 commentary
2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. Compare verse1 commentary
4 However, the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. Compare verse1 commentary
5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. Compare verse1 commentary
6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: 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, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. Compare verse1 commentary
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day. Compare verse2 commentaries
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. Compare verse2 commentaries
9 And Jehoash the 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 to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and stepped down the thistle. Compare verse1 commentary
10 You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? Compare verse1 commentary
11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongs to Judah. Compare verse1 commentary
12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. Compare verse1 commentary
13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. Compare verse1 commentary
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 treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. Compare verse1 commentary
15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and 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? Compare verse
16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. Compare verse
17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. Compare verse
18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Compare verse
19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. Compare verse
20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. Compare verse
21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. Compare verse
22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. Compare verse
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. Compare verse1 commentary
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. Compare verse1 commentary
25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. Compare verse3 commentaries
26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. Compare verse1 commentary
27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. Compare verse
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Compare verse
29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. Compare verse