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Ask a QuestionBut the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king's face, so that he died. Then Hazael succeeded him as king.
As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.' " Then he opened the door and ran.
"Throw her down!" Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.
Jehoash rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.
As for the other events of Amaziah's reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord's anger.
Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.
When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.
The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.
All these were descendants of Asher - heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.
"There is no one like you, Lord, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
"And now, Lord, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests.
As for Heman, from his sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael and Jerimoth; Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer; Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth.
I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time.'
"All this," David said, "I have in writing as a result of the Lord's hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan."