Amaziah Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 14

1 k In the l second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, m Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done. 4 n But the high places were not removed; o the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. 5 And as soon as the royal power was p firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants q who had struck down the king his father. 6 But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, r "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin."

7 s He struck down ten thousand Edomites in t the Valley of Salt and took u Sela by storm, and called it v Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

8 w Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash 1 the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, x let us look one another in the face." 9 And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, y "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. 10 You have indeed z struck down Edom, a and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?"

11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah x faced one another in battle at b Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12 And Judah was defeated by Israel, c and every man fled to his home. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, 2 from d the Ephraim Gate to e the Corner Gate. 14 And he seized f all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.

15 g Now 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? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

17 h Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 18 Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 19 And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to i Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 20 And they brought him on horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He built j Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

  1. Cross References
    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.
    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. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:10
    In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:21
    It was Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:3
    Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:4
    And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:19
    Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power.
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:20
    His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
  8. Cross References
    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 18:4
    Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
    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.
  9. Cross References
    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.
  10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:13
    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
    1 Chronicles 18:12
    And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
    Psalms 60:1
    O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:1
    Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 15:38
    Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel.
  13. Cross References
    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.
    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.
  14. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:29
    In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him, and Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
  15. Cross References
    Judges 9:8 - 15
    The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.
  16. Cross References
    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.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:14
    Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget th...
    2 Chronicles 26:16
    But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his d...
    2 Chronicles 32:25
    But Hezekiah did not make return according to t...
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus say...
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in your trade you have inc...
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of your beauty; yo...
  18. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:8
    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.
  19. Cross References
    Joshua 15:10
    And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh and passes along by Timnah.
  20. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:10
    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
  21. Cross References
    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.
    Nehemiah 12:39
    And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
  22. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:23
    And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
    2 Chronicles 26:9
    Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
    Jeremiah 31:38
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
    Zechariah 14:10
    The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
  23. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:18
    Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
    1 Kings 7:51
    Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
  24. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:12 - 13
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, and the might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  25. Cross References
    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.
    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.
  26. Cross References
    Joshua 10:3
    So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
  27. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:6
    At that time Rezin the king of Syria recovered Elath for Syria and drove the men of Judah from Elath, and the Edomites came to Elath, where they dwell to this day.
    Deuteronomy 2:8
    So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. "And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
    2 Chronicles 8:17
    Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.
    2 Chronicles 26:2
    He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
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