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Amaziah
Succeeds Joash in Judah |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:1 |
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Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became
king, and he reigned twenty-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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He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not
with a whole heart. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:3 |
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Now it came about as soon as the kingdom was
firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had slain his father the
king. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:4 |
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However, he did not put their children to death,
but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, which the LORD commanded,
saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death
for fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin." |
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Amaziah
Defeats Edomites |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:5 |
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Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed
them according to their fathers' households under commanders of thousands and
commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he took a census of
those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 choice men,
able to go to war and handle spear and shield. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:6 |
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He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of
Israel for one hundred talents of silver. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:7 |
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But a man of God came to him saying, "O king,
do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel nor
with any of the sons of Ephraim. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:8 |
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But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle;
yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to
bring down." |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:9 |
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Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall
we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?" And
the man of God answered, "The LORD has much more to give you than this." |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:10 |
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Then Amaziah dismissed them, the troops which
came to him from Ephraim, to go home; so their anger burned against Judah and
they returned home in fierce anger. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:11 |
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Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led his
people forth, and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 of the sons
of Seir. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:12 |
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The sons of Judah also captured 10,000 alive
and brought them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from the top of the
cliff, so that they were all dashed to pieces. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:13 |
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But the troops whom Amaziah sent back from going
with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and
struck down 3,000 of them and plundered much spoil. |
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Amaziah
Rebuked for Idolatry |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:14 |
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Now after Amaziah came from slaughtering the
Edomites, he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, set them up as his gods, bowed
down before them and burned incense to them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:15 |
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah,
and He sent him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the
people who have not delivered their own people from your hand?" |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:16 |
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As he was talking with him, the king said to
him, "Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck
down?" Then the prophet stopped and said, "I know that God has planned to destroy
you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel." |
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Amaziah
Defeated by Joash of Israel |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:17 |
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Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and
sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying,
"Come, let us face each other." |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:18 |
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Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king
of Judah, saying, "The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which
was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But there
passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trampled the thorn bush. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:19 |
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You said, 'Behold, you have defeated Edom.'
And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should
you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?" |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:20 |
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But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from
God, that He might deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought
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 faced each other at Beth-shemesh, which belonged to Judah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:22 |
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Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled
each to his tent. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:23 |
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Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king
of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him
to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the
Corner Gate, 400 cubits. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:24 |
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He took all the gold and silver and all the
utensils which 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 fifteen years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:26 |
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Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first
to 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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From the time that Amaziah turned away from
following the LORD they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish;
but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. |
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| 2 Chronicles 25:28 |
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Then they brought him on horses and buried him
with his fathers in the city of Judah. |
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