25:1 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.
25:2 And
he
did
what
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
LORD,
yet
not
with
a
whole
heart.
25:3 And
as
soon
as
the
royal
power
was
firmly
his,
he
killed
his
servants
who
had
struck
down
the
king
his
father.
25:4 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,
"Fathers
shall
not
die
because
of
their
children,
nor
children
die
because
of
their
fathers,
but
each
one
shall
die
for
his
own
sin."
25:5 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
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
and
found
that
they
were
300,000
choice
men,
fit
for
war,
able
to
handle
spear
and
shield.
25:6 He
hired
also
100,000
mighty
men
of
valor
from
Israel
for
100
talents
of
silver.
25:7 But
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.
25:8 But
go,
act,
be
strong
for
the
battle.
Why
should
you
suppose
that
God
will
cast
you
down
before
the
enemy
For
God
has
power
to
help
or
to
cast
down."
25:9 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."
25:10 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.
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.
25:12 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.
25:13 But
the
men
of
the
army
whom
Amaziah
sent
back,
not
letting
them
go
with
him
to
battle,
raided
the
cities
of
Judah,
from
Samaria
to
Beth-horon,
and
struck
down
3,000
people
in
them
and
took
much
spoil.
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.
25:15 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
who
did
not
deliver
their
own
people
from
your
hand"
25:16 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
God
has
determined
to
destroy
you,
because
you
have
done
this
and
have
not
listened
to
my
counsel."
25:17 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."
25:18 And
Joash
the
king
of
Israel
sent
word
to
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
"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.
25:19 You
say,
'See,
I
have
struck
down
Edom,'
and
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"
25:20 But
Amaziah
would
not
listen,
for
it
was
of
God,
in
order
that
he
might
give
them
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
because
they
had
sought
the
gods
of
Edom.
25:21 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.
25:22 And
Judah
was
defeated
by
Israel,
and
every
man
fled
to
his
home.
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.
25:24 And
he
seized
all
the
gold
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels
that
were
found
in
the
house
of
God,
in
the
care
of
Obed-edom.
He
seized
also
the
treasuries
of
the
king's
house,
also
hostages,
and
he
returned
to
Samaria.
25:25 Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash,
king
of
Judah,
lived
fifteen
years
after
the
death
of
Joash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz,
king
of
Israel.
25:26 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
25:27 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.
25:28 And
they
brought
him
upon
horses,
and
he
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.