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2 Chronicles 25:1
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:2 |
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And he did that which was right in the eyes
of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:3 |
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Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established
unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:4 |
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But he put not their children to death, but
did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah
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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:5 |
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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and
ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and
captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty
years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to
go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:6 |
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He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men
of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:7 |
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But there came a man of God to him, saying,
O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel,
to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:8 |
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But if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong
for the battle: God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to
help, and to cast down. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:9 |
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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, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.
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| 2 Chronicles 25:10 |
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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 fierce anger. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:11 |
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And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his
people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten
thousand. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:12 |
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And other ten thousand did the children of Judah
carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down
from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:13 |
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But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back,
that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from
Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much
spoil. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:14 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:15 |
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Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against
Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought
after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of
thy hand? |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:16 |
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And it came to pass, as he talked with him,
that the king said unto him, Have we made thee 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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:17 |
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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 look one another in the face. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:18 |
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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 trod down the thistle. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:19 |
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Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and
thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle
to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:20 |
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But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God,
that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought
after the gods of Edom. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:21 |
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So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and
Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth
to Judah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:22 |
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And Judah was put to the worse before Israel;
and they fled every man to his tent. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:23 |
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And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of
Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him
to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto
the corner gate, four hundred cubits. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:24 |
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And he took all the gold and silver, and all
the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures
of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:25 |
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And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived
after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:26 |
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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?
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| 2 Chronicles 25:27 |
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Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away
from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he
fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:28 |
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And they brought him upon horses, and buried
him with his fathers in the city of Judah. |
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