II Chronicles 25

1Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

4Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”

Deuteronomy 24:16, Deuteronomy 24:16, Ezekiel 18:20, 2 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 14:6

5Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:3, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:18, 2 Chronicles 17:14

6He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

7But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.

2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 13:12, Hosea 9:13, Isaiah 28:1

8Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 20:6, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Philippians 4:19

9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

Proverbs 10:22, Deuteronomy 8:18, Proverbs 10:22, Deuteronomy 8:18

10So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

Proverbs 29:22, 1 Kings 12:24, 2 Samuel 19:43, Proverbs 29:22, 1 Kings 12:24

11Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

2 Kings 14:7, 2 Kings 14:7, Psalms 60:1, 2 Samuel 8:13, Psalms 60:1

12and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

2 Chronicles 20:10, 2 Chronicles 20:10, 1 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Chronicles 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:10

13Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

2 Chronicles 8:5, 1 Kings 9:17, 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 16:29, 2 Chronicles 8:5

14When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.

2 Chronicles 28:23, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Exodus 20:3, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 7:25

15Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

Psalms 96:5, Psalms 96:5, 2 Chronicles 25:11, 2 Chronicles 25:12, 2 Chronicles 25:11

16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

2 Chronicles 24:21, Acts 4:28, Isaiah 46:10, Matthew 21:23, Ephesians 1:11

17Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:14, 2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:14, Proverbs 20:3

18But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

Judges 9:8, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:8, Judges 9:15, Psalms 80:13

19You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 1 Peter 5:5

20But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 22:7, Acts 28:25

21So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

1 Samuel 6:9, 1 Samuel 6:19, 1 Samuel 6:20, Joshua 21:16, 1 Samuel 6:9

22And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.

1 Samuel 4:10, 2 Chronicles 28:5, 2 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Kings 22:36, 1 Samuel 4:10

23There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

Nehemiah 8:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Nehemiah 8:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Jeremiah 31:38

24He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

1 Chronicles 26:15, 1 Chronicles 26:15, 2 Kings 14:14, 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Kings 14:14

25Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

2 Kings 14:17, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 14:17, 2 Kings 14:22

26As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?

2 Kings 14:15, 2 Chronicles 20:34, 2 Kings 14:15, 2 Chronicles 20:34

27From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

2 Chronicles 24:25, Joshua 10:31, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 24:25

28They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

2 Kings 14:20, 2 Kings 14:20

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