<vn='1'>In the <sn="8147">second</s><sn="8141">year</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="4427">reigned</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>He <sn="1961">was</s><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 <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><sn="4480">of</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>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">yet</s><sn="3808">not</s> like <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: he <sn="6213">did</s> according to all <sn="3605">things</s><sn="834">as</s><sn="3101">Joash</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="6213">did</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="7535">Howbeit</s> the high <sn="1116">places</s> were <sn="3808">not</s> taken <sn="5493">away</s>: as <sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> did <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> and burnt <sn="6999">incense</s> on the high <sn="1116">places</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as soon <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> was <sn="2388">confirmed</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, that he <sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">servants</s> which had <sn="5221">slain</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="5221">murderers</s> he <sn="4191">slew</s><sn="3808">not</s>: according unto that which is <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="1">fathers</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be put to <sn="4191">death</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="1121">children</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> be put to <sn="4191">death</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="1">fathers</s>; <sn="3588 518">but</s> every <sn="376">man</s> shall be put to <sn="4191">death</s> for his own <sn="2399">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1931">He</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> of <sn="*853"></s><sn="123">Edom</s> in the <sn="1516">valley</s> of <sn="4417">salt</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s>, and <sn="8610">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5554">Selah</s> by <sn="4421">war</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of it <sn="3371">Joktheel</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="227">Then</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3060">Jehoash</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s><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 look one <sn="7200">another</s> in the <sn="6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3060">Jehoash</s> the <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='10'>Thou hast indeed <sn="5221 5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="123">Edom</s>, and thine <sn="3820">heart</s> hath lifted thee <sn="5375">up</s>: <sn="3513">glory</s> of this, and <sn="3427">tarry</s> at <sn="1004">home</s>: for <sn="4100">why</s> shouldest thou <sn="1624">meddle</s> to thy <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='11'>But <sn="558">Amaziah</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>. Therefore <sn="3060">Jehoash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="5927">up</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> looked one <sn="7200">another</s> in the <sn="6440">face</s> at <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, <sn="834">which</s> belongeth to <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>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 their <sn="168">tents</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3060">Jehoash</s><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="3060">Jehoash</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, at <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and broke <sn="6555">down</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> from the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="6438">corner</s><sn="8179">gate</s>, <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="520">cubits</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2091">gold</s> and <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> that were <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and in the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="1121 8594">hostages</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3060">Jehoash</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and his <sn="1369">might</s>, and <sn="834">how</s> he <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="3060">Jehoash</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>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="3060">Jehoash</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='18'>And the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="558">Amaziah</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>Now 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><sn="310">after</s> him to <sn="3923">Lachish</s>, and <sn="4191">slew</s> him <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And they <sn="5375">brought</s> him <sn="5921">on</s><sn="5483">horses</s>: and he was <sn="6912">buried</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5838">Azariah</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> was <sn="8337 6240">sixteen</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>, and made him <sn="4427 *853">king</s> instead <sn="8478">of</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1931">He</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="359">Elath</s>, and <sn="7725">restored</s> it to <sn="3063">Judah</s>, after <sn="310">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>In the <sn="2568 6240">fifteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="558">Amaziah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> began to <sn="4427">reign</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and reigned <sn="705">forty</s> and <sn="259">one</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: he <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="834">who</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="2398">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1931">He</s><sn="7725">restored</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1366">coast</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> from the <sn="4480 935">entering</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s> of the <sn="6160">plain</s>, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3124">Jonah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="573">Amittai</s>, the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was of <sn="4480 1662">Gath</s> -hepher. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6040">affliction</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that it was <sn="3966">very</s><sn="4784">bitter</s>: for there was not <sn="657">any</s> shut <sn="6113">up</s>, nor <sn="657">any</s><sn="5800">left</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> any <sn="5826">helper</s> for <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">said</s><sn="3808">not</s> that he would blot <sn="4229">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>: but he <sn="3467">saved</s> them by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and his <sn="1369">might</s>, <sn="834">how</s> he <sn="3898">warred</s>, and <sn="834">how</s> he <sn="7725">recovered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1834">Damascus</s>, and <sn="2574">Hamath</s>, which belonged to <sn="3063">Judah</s>, for <sn="3478">Israel</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, even <sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="2148">Zachariah</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>