14_2CH_25_01 Amaziah [ was ] twenty And five years old [ when ] he began to reign , And he reigned twenty And nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name [ was ] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem .
14_2CH_25_02 And he did [ that which was ] right in the sight of the LORD , but not with A perfect heart .
14_2CH_25_03 now it came to pass , when the kingdom was established to him , that he slew his servants that had killed the king his Father .
14_2CH_25_04 but he slew not their children , but [ did ] as [ it Is ] written in the law in the book of Moses , where the LORD commanded , saying , the fathers shall not die for the children , neither shall the children die for the fathers , but every man shall die for his own sin .
14_2CH_25_05 moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together , And made them captains over thousands , And captains over hundreds , according to the houses of [ their ] fathers , throughout all Judah And Benjamin : And he numbered them from twenty years old And above , And found them three hundred thousand choice [ men , able ] to go forth to war , that could handle spear And shield .
14_2CH_25_06 he hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver .
14_2CH_25_07 but there came A man of God to him , saying , O king , let not the army of Israel go with thee ; for the LORD [ Is ] not with Israel , [ to wit , with ] all the children of Ephraim .
14_2CH_25_08 but if thou Wilt go , do [ it ] , be strong for the battle : God shall make thee fall before the enemy : for God hath power to help , And to cast down .
14_2CH_25_09 And Amaziah said to the man of God , but what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel ? And the man of God answered , the LORD Is able to give thee much more than this .
14_2CH_25_10 Then Amaziah separated them , [ to wit ] , the army that was come to him out of Ephraim , to go home again : Wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah , And they returned home in great anger .
14_2CH_25_11 And Amaziah strengthened himself , And led forth his people , And went to the valley of salt , And smote of the children of Seir ten thousand .
14_2CH_25_12 And [ other ] ten thousand [ left ] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive , And brought them unto the top of the rock , And cast them down from the top of the rock , that they all were broken in pieces .
14_2CH_25_13 but the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back , that they should not go with him to battle , fell upon the cities of Judah , from Samaria even unto Bethhoron , And smote three thousand of them , And took much spoil .
14_2CH_25_14 now it came to pass , after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites , that he brought the gods of the children of Seir , And set them up [ to be ] his gods , And bowed down himself before them , And burned incense unto them .
14_2CH_25_15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah , And he sent unto him A prophet , which said unto him , why hast thou sought after the gods of the people , which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand ?
14_2CH_25_16 And it came to pass , as he talked with him , that [ the king ] said unto him , art thou made of the king's counsel ? forbear ; why shouldest thou be smitten ? Then the prophet forbare , And said , I know that God hath determined to destroy thee , because thou hast done this , And hast not hearkened unto my counsel .
14_2CH_25_17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice , And sent to Joash , the son of Jehoahaz , the son of Jehu , king of Israel , saying , come , let us see one another in the face .
14_2CH_25_18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah , saying , the thistle that [ was ] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [ was ] in Lebanon , saying , give thy daughter to my son to wife : And there passed by A wild beast that [ was ] in Lebanon , And trode down the thistle .
14_2CH_25_19 thou sayest , Lo , thou hast smitten the Edomites ; And thine heart lifteth thee up to boast : abide now at home ; why shouldest thou meddle to [ thine ] hurt , that thou shouldest fall , [ even ] thou , And Judah with thee ?
14_2CH_25_20 but Amaziah would not hear ; for it [ came ] of God , that he might deliver them into the hand [ of their enemies ] , because they sought after the gods of Edom .
14_2CH_25_21 So Joash the king of Israel went up ; And they saw one another in the face , [ Both ] he And Amaziah king of Judah , at Bethshemesh , which [ belongeth ] to Judah .
14_2CH_25_22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel , And they fled every man to his tent .
14_2CH_25_23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah , the son of Joash , the son of Jehoahaz , at Bethshemesh , And brought him to Jerusalem , And brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate , four hundred cubits .
14_2CH_25_24 And [ he took ] all the gold And the silver , And all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom , And the treasures of the king's house , the hostages also , And returned to Samaria .
14_2CH_25_25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years .
14_2CH_25_26 now the rest of the acts of Amaziah , first And last , behold , [ are ] they not written in the book of the kings of Judah And Israel ?
14_2CH_25_27 now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made A conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ; And he fled to Lachish : but they sent to Lachish after him , And slew him there .
14_2CH_25_28 And they brought him upon horses , And buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah .