Israel Defeats Amaziah
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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 25:17 - 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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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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.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 26:15
Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the gatehouse.
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Cross References
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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