ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 25
1. Amaziah[H558] was twenty[H6242] and five[H2568] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] twenty[H6242] and nine[H8672] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Jehoaddan[H3086], of Jerusalem[H3389].
2. And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], but not with a perfect[H8003] heart[H3824].
3. Now it came to pass[H4467], when the kingdom was established[H2388] unto him[H2026], that he slew his servants[H5650] that had killed[H5221] the king[H4428] his father[H1].
4. But he put not their children[H1121] to death[H4191], but did according to that which is written[H3789] in the law[H8451] in the book[H5612] of Moses[H4872], as Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680], saying[H559], The fathers[H1] shall not die[H4191] for the children[H1121], neither shall the children[H1121] die[H4191] for the fathers[H1]; but every man[H376] shall die[H4191] for his own sin[H2399].
5. Moreover Amaziah[H558] gathered[H6908] Judah[H3063] together[H6908], and ordered[H5975] them according to their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004], under captains[H8269] of thousands[H505] and captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967], even all Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144]: and he numbered[H6485] them from twenty[H6242] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], and found[H4672] them three[H7969] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men[H3318], able to go forth to war[H6635], that could handle[H270] spear[H7420] and shield[H6793].
6. He hired[H7936] also a hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] mighty[H1368] men of valor[H2428] out of Israel[H3478] for a hundred[H3967] talents[H3603] of silver[H3701].
7. But there came[H935] a man[H376] of God[H430] to him[H559], saying, O king[H4428], let not the army[H6635] of Israel[H3478] go[H935] with thee[H3068]; for Jehovah is not with Israel[H3478], to wit[H1121], with all the children of Ephraim[H669].
8. But if thou wilt go[H935], do[H6213] valiantly[H2388], be strong for the battle[H4421]: God[H430] will cast thee down[H3782] before[H6440] the enemy[H341]; for God[H430] hath[H3426] power[H3581] to help[H5826], and to cast down[H3782].
9. And Amaziah[H558] said[H559] to the man[H376] of God[H430], But what shall we do[H6213] for the hundred[H3967] talents[H3603] which I have given[H5414] to the army[H1416] of Israel[H3478]? And the man[H376] of God[H430] answered[H559], Jehovah[H3068] is[H3426] able to give[H5414] thee much more than this[H7235].
10. Then Amaziah[H558] separated[H914] them[H1416], to wit, the army that was come[H935] to him out of Ephraim[H669], to go[H3212] home[H4725] again[H3212]: wherefore their anger[H639] was greatly[H3966] kindled[H2734] against Judah[H3063], and they returned[H7725] home[H4725] in fierce[H2750] anger[H639].
11. And Amaziah[H558] took courage[H2388], and led forth[H5090] his people[H5971], and went[H3212] to the Valley[H1516] of Salt[H4417], and smote[H5221] of the children[H1121] of Seir[H8165] ten[H6235] thousand[H505].
12. And other ten[H6235] thousand[H505] did the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] carry[H7617] away alive[H2416], and brought[H935] them unto the top[H7218] of the rock[H5553], and cast them down[H7993] from the top[H7218] of the rock[H5553], so that they all were broken in pieces[H1234].
13. But the men[H1121] of the army[H1416] whom Amaziah[H558] sent back[H7725], that they should not go[H3212] with him to battle[H4421], fell[H6584] upon the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], from Samaria[H8111] even unto Beth-horon[H1032], and smote[H5221] of them three[H7969] thousand[H505], and took[H962] much[H7227] spoil[H961].
14. Now it came to pass[H310], after that Amaziah[H558] was come[H935] from the slaughter[H5221] of the Edomites[H130], that he brought[H935] the gods[H430] of the children[H1121] of Seir[H8165], and set them up[H5975] to be his gods[H430], and bowed down[H7812] himself before[H6440] them[H6999], and burned incense unto them.
15. Wherefore the anger[H639] of Jehovah[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against Amaziah[H558], and he sent[H7971] unto him a prophet[H5030], who said[H559] unto him[H1875], Why hast thou sought after the gods[H430] of the people[H5971], which have not delivered[H5337] their own people[H5971] out of thy hand[H3027]?
16. And it came to pass[H1696], as he talked with him[H559], that the king said unto him[H5414], Have we made thee of the king[H4428]'s counsel[H3289]? forbear[H2308]; why shouldest thou be smitten[H5221]? Then the prophet[H5030] forbare[H2308], and said[H559], I know[H3045] that God[H430] hath determined[H3289] to destroy[H7843] thee[H6213], because thou hast done this[H8085], and hast not hearkened unto my counsel[H6098].
17. Then Amaziah[H558] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] took advice[H3289], and sent[H7971] to Joash[H3101], the son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059] the son[H1121] of Jehu[H3058], king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Come[H3212], let us look one another[H7200] in the face[H6440].
18. And Joash[H3101] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] sent[H7971] to Amaziah[H558] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], The thistle[H2336] that was in Lebanon[H3844] sent[H7971] to the cedar[H730] that was in Lebanon[H3844], saying[H559], Give[H5414] thy daughter[H1323] to my son[H1121] to wife[H802]: and there passed by[H5674] a wild[H7704] beast[H2416] that was in Lebanon[H3844], and trod down[H7429] the thistle[H2336].
19. Thou sayest[H559], Lo[H5221], thou hast smitten Edom[H123]; and thy heart[H3820] lifteth thee up[H5375] to boast[H3513]: abide[H3427] now at home[H1004]; why shouldest thou meddle[H1624] to thy hurt[H7451], that thou shouldest fall[H5307], even thou[H3063], and Judah with thee?
20. But Amaziah[H558] would not hear[H8085]; for it was of God[H430], that he might deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H1875], because they had sought after the gods[H430] of Edom[H123].
21. So Joash[H3101] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927]; and he and Amaziah[H558] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] looked one another[H7200] in the face[H6440] at Beth-shemesh[H1053], which belongeth to Judah[H3063].
22. And Judah[H3063] was put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel[H3478]; and they fled[H5127] every man[H376] to his tent[H168].
23. And Joash[H3101] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] took[H8610] Amaziah[H558] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] the son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059], at Beth-shemesh[H1053], and brought[H935] him to Jerusalem[H3389], and brake down[H6555] the wall[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] from the gate[H8179] of Ephraim[H669] unto the corner[H6437] gate[H8179], four[H702] hundred[H3967] cubits[H520].
24. And he took all the gold[H2091] and silver[H3701], and all the vessels[H3627] that were found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of God[H430] with Obed-edom[H5654], and the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], the hostages[H1121] also[H7725], and returned to Samaria[H8111].
25. And Amaziah[H558] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] lived[H2421] after[H310] the death[H4194] of Joash[H3101] son[H1121] of Jehoahaz[H3059] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] fifteen[H2568] years[H8141].
26. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Amaziah[H558], first[H7223] and last[H314], behold[H3789], are they not written in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478]?
27. Now from the time[H6256] that Amaziah[H558] did turn away[H5493] from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068] they made[H7194] a conspiracy[H7195] against him in Jerusalem[H3389]; and he fled[H5127] to Lachish[H3923]: but they sent[H7971] after[H310] him to Lachish[H3923], and slew him there[H4191].
28. And they brought[H5375] him upon horses[H5483], and buried[H6912] him with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of Judah[H3063].
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