2 Kings 14:1-20

11In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, 2Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like his father David; he acted in accordance with everything that his father Joash had done. 4Only 3the high places were not eliminated; 4the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 5Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he 56killed his servants who had 7killed the king, his father. 6But he did not put the sons of 8the murderers to death, in 9obedience to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, “10The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but 11each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

7He 12killed ten thousand of the Edomites in 13the Valley of Salt, and took 14Sela by war, and named it 15Joktheel, as it is to this day.

816Then Amaziah sent messengers to 17Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “18Come, let’s face each other in combat.” 9But Jehoash king of Israel sent messengers to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “19The thorn bush that was in Lebanon sent word to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son 20in marriage.’ But a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush. 1021You have indeed 22defeated Edom, and 23your heart 24is elated. Enjoy the glory and stay home; for why should you get involved in trouble so that you would fall, you and Judah with you?”

11But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and they faced each other, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at 25Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12And Judah was defeated by Israel, and 26they fled, every man to his tent. 13Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from 27the Gate of Ephraim to 28the Corner Gate, 29four hundred cubits. 14And 30he took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, the hostages as well, and returned to Samaria.

1531Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoash that 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? 16So Jehoash 32lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and his son Jeroboam became king in his place.

1733Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 18Now as for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 19They formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to 34Lachish; but they sent men to Lachish after him and they killed him there. 20Then they carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.