<vn='1'><sn="558">Amaziah</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="8672">nine</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="3086">Jehoaddan</s> of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="7535">but</s><sn="3808">not</s> with a <sn="8003">perfect</s><sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">when</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> was <sn="2388">established</s><sn="5921">to</s> him, that he <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">servants</s> that had <sn="5221">killed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>But he <sn="4191">slew</s><sn="3808">not</s> their <sn="1121">children</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> did as it is <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="834">where</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="1">fathers</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="1121">children</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="1121">children</s><sn="4191">die</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="1">fathers</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> every <sn="376">man</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> for his own <sn="2399">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Moreover <sn="558">Amaziah</s> gathered Judah <sn="6908 *853 3063">together</s>, and <sn="5975">made</s> them <sn="8269">captains</s> over <sn="505">thousands</s>, and <sn="8269">captains</s> over <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, according to the <sn="1004">houses</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, throughout <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>: and he <sn="6485">numbered</s> them from <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="4480 1121">old</s> and <sn="4605">above</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s> them <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="977">choice</s> men, able to go <sn="3318">forth</s> to <sn="6635">war</s>, that could <sn="270">handle</s><sn="7420">spear</s> and <sn="6793">shield</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>He <sn="7936">hired</s> also a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s> mighty <sn="1368">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s> out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s> for a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>But there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="413">to</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, O <sn="4428">king</s>, let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="6635">army</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="935">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="369">not</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, to wit, with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">But</s><sn="518">if</s><sn="859">thou</s> wilt <sn="935">go</s>, <sn="6213">do</s> it, be <sn="2388">strong</s> for the <sn="4421">battle</s>: <sn="430">God</s> shall make thee <sn="3782">fall</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="341">enemy</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="430">God</s><sn="3426">hath</s><sn="3581">power</s> to <sn="5826">help</s>, and to cast <sn="3782">down</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="559">said</s> to the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, But <sn="4100">what</s> shall we <sn="6213">do</s> for the <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3603">talents</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="5414">given</s> to the <sn="1416">army</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? And the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">answered</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3426">is</s> able to <sn="5414">give</s> thee much <sn="7235">more</s> than <sn="4480 2088">this</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then <sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="914">separated</s> them, to wit, the <sn="1416">army</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> him out of <sn="4480 669">Ephraim</s>, to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="4725">home</s> again: wherefore their <sn="639">anger</s> was <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="2734">kindled</s> against <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and they <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="4725">home</s> in <sn="2750">great</s><sn="639">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="558">Amaziah</s> strengthened <sn="2388">himself</s>, and led <sn="5090">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to the <sn="1516">valley</s> of <sn="4417">salt</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="8165">Seir</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And other <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s> left <sn="2416">alive</s> did the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> carry away <sn="7617">captive</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them unto the <sn="7218">top</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s>, and cast them <sn="7993">down</s> from the <sn="4480 7218">top</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s>, that they <sn="3605">all</s> were broken in <sn="1234">pieces</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>But the <sn="1121">soldiers</s> of the <sn="1416">army</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s> sent <sn="7725">back</s>, that they should not <sn="4480 1980">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> him to <sn="4421">battle</s>, fell <sn="6584">upon</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, from <sn="4480 8111">Samaria</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1032">Beth</s> -horon, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="4480">of</s> them, and <sn="962">took</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="961">spoil</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, after <sn="310">that</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s> was <sn="935">come</s> from the <sn="4480 5221">slaughter</s><sn="*853"></s> of the <sn="130">Edomites</s>, that he <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="8165">Seir</s>, and set them <sn="5975">up</s> to be his <sn="430">gods</s>, and bowed down <sn="7812">himself</s><sn="6440">before</s> them, and burned <sn="6999">incense</s> unto them. </v>
<vn='15'>Wherefore the <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s> against <sn="558">Amaziah</s>, and he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> him a <sn="5030">prophet</s>, which <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4100">Why</s> hast thou sought <sn="1875">after</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">which</s> could <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> their own <sn="5971">people</s> out of thine <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='16'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as he <sn="1696">talked</s><sn="413">with</s> him, that the king <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Art thou <sn="5414">made</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="3289">counsel</s>? <sn="2308">forbear</s>; <sn="4100">why</s> shouldest thou be <sn="5221">smitten</s>? Then the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="2308">forbore</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="3289">determined</s> to <sn="7843">destroy</s> thee, <sn="3588">because</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2063">this</s>, and hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s> unto my <sn="6098">counsel</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> took <sn="3289">advice</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3101">Joash</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s>, let us see one <sn="7200">another</s> in the <sn="6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="2336">thistle</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="3844">Lebanon</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="730">cedar</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1323">daughter</s> to my <sn="1121">son</s> to <sn="802">wife</s>: and there passed <sn="5674">by</s> a <sn="7704">wild</s><sn="2416">beast</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, and trod <sn="7429">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2336">thistle</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Thou <sn="559">sayest</s>, <sn="2009">Lo</s>, thou hast <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="123">Edomites</s>; and thine <sn="3820">heart</s> lifteth thee <sn="5375">up</s> to <sn="3513">boast</s>: <sn="3427">abide</s><sn="6258">now</s> at <sn="1004">home</s>; <sn="4100">why</s> shouldest thou <sn="1624">meddle</s> to thine <sn="7451">hurt</s>, that thou shouldest <sn="5307">fall</s>, even <sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee? </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="558">Amaziah</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> came of <sn="4480 430">God</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> he might <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of their enemies, <sn="3588">because</s> they sought <sn="1875">after</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>So <sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="5927">up</s>; and they saw one <sn="7200">another</s> in the <sn="6440">face</s>, both <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, at <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, <sn="834">which</s> belongeth to <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s> was put to the <sn="5062">worse</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and they <sn="5127">fled</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8610">took</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s>, at <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, and <sn="935">brought</s> him to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and broke <sn="6555">down</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> from the <sn="4480 8179">gate</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="6438">corner</s><sn="8179">gate</s>, <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="520">cubits</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And he took <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2091">gold</s> and the <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> that were <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="5654">Obed</s> -edom, and the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121 8594">hostages</s> also, and <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="558">Amaziah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="2421">lived</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2568 6240">fifteen</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="558">Amaziah</s>, <sn="7223">first</s> and <sn="314">last</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, are they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='27'>Now after the <sn="4480 6256">time</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s> did turn <sn="5493">away</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> they <sn="7194">made</s> a <sn="7195">conspiracy</s><sn="5921">against</s> him in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and he <sn="5127">fled</s> to <sn="3923">Lachish</s>: but they <sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="3923">Lachish</s><sn="310">after</s> him, and <sn="4191">slew</s> him <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And they <sn="5375">brought</s> him <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, and <sn="6912">buried</s> him <sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>