2 Chronicles 25
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i Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, 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 eyes of the Lord, j yet not with a whole heart.
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And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.
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But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, k "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin."
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Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those l twenty years old and upward, and found that they were m 300,000 choice men, fit for war, n able to handle spear and shield.
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He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver.
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But o a man of God came to him and said, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites.
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But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? p For God has power to help or to cast down."
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And Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?" The man of God answered, "The Lord is able to give you much more than this."
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Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger.
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But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the q Valley of Salt and struck down r 10,000 men of Seir.
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The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces.
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But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, s from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil.
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After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, t he brought the gods r of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them.
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Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of a people u who did not deliver their own people from your hand?"
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But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that v God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."
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w Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."
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And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, x "A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
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You say, 'See, I have struck down Edom,' and y your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?"
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But Amaziah would not listen, for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, z because they had sought the gods of Edom.
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So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
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And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.
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And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of a Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits, from b the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
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And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God, in the care of c Obed-edom. He seized also the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
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d Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
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Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
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From the time when he turned away from the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
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And they brought him upon horses, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:1 - 4
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 Kings 14:1 - 6
In the second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.
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2 Chronicles 25:14
After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them.
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Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Jeremiah 31:30
But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
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Numbers 1:3
From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
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2 Chronicles 11:1
When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 13:3
Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors.
2 Chronicles 17:14 - 18
This was the muster of them by fathers' houses: Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, with 300,000 mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 26:13
Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
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1 Chronicles 12:8
From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:
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Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
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2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, "O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
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2 Kings 14:7
He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this day.
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2 Chronicles 20:10
And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy -
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2 Chronicles 15:8
As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 19:4
Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 28:23
For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.
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2 Chronicles 25:11
But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.
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2 Chronicles 25:11
But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.
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Joshua 11:20
For it was the Lord 's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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2 Chronicles 25:17 - 24
Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face.
2 Kings 14:8 - 14
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.
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Judges 9:8
The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.
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2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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2 Chronicles 25:14 - 15
After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them.
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2 Chronicles 21:17
And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.
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Nehemiah 8:16
So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
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1 Chronicles 26:15
Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the gatehouse.
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2 Chronicles 25:25 - 26:2
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
2 Kings 14:17 - 22
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
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