1Amasias was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem, the name of his mother was Joadan of Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:6, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:6

2And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart.

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2 Chronicles 25:14, James 4:8, 2 Chronicles 25:14, James 4:8, Acts 8:21

3And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father.

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2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 24:26, 2 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Chronicles 24:25

4But he slew not their children, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be slain for the children, nor the children for their fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

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

5Amasias therefore gathered Juda together, and appointed them by families, and captains of thousands and of hundreds in all Juda, and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found three hundred thousand young men that could go out to battle, and could hold the spear and shield.

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

6He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.

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7But a man of God came to him, and said: O king, let not the army of Israel go out with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel, and all the children of Ephraim:

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

8And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be overcome by the enemies: for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight.

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

9And Amasias said to the man of God: What will then become of the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israel? and the man of God answered him: The Lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this.

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

10Then Amasias separated the army, that came to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: but they being much enraged against Juda, returned to their own country.

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

11And Amasias taking courage led forth his people, and went to the vale of saltpits, and slew of the children of Seir ten thousand.

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

12And other ten thousand men the sons of Juda took, and brought to the steep of a certain rock, and cast them down headlong from the top, and they all were broken to pieces.

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

13But that army which Amasias had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, spread themselves among the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and having killed three thousand took away much spoil.

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

14But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites, set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored them, and burnt incense to them.

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

15Wherefore the Lord being angry against Amasias, sent a prophet to him, to say to him: Why hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

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

16And when he spoke these things, he answered him: Art thou the king's counsellor? be quiet, lest I kill thee. And the prophet departing, said: I know that God is minded to kill thee, because thou hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel.

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

17Then Amasias king of Juda taking very bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: Come, let us see one another.

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

18But he sent back the messengers, saying: The thistle that is in Libanus, sent to the cedar in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and behold the beasts that were in the wood of Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle.

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

19Thou hast said: I have overthrown Edom, and therefore thy heart is lifted up with pride: stay at home, why dost thou provoke evil against thee, that both thou shouldst fall and Juda with thee.

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

20Amasias would not hearken to him, because it was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom.

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

21So Joas king of Israel went up, and they presented themselves to be seen by one another: and Amasias king of Juda was in Bethsames of Juda:

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

22And Juda fell before Israel, and they fled to their dwellings.

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

23And Joas king of Israel took Amasias king of Juda, the son of Joas, the son of Joachaz, in Bethsames, and brought him to Jerusalem: and broke down the walls thereof from the gate of Ephraim, to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.

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

24And he took all the gold, and silver, and all the vessels, that he found in the house of God, and with Obededom, and in the treasures of the king's house, moreover also the sons of the hostages, he brought back to Samaria.

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

25And Amasias the son of Joas king of Juda lived, after the death of Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel, fifteen years.

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

26Now the rest of the acts of Amasias, the first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

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

27And after he revolted from the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. And he fled into Lachis, and they sent, and killed him there.

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

28And they brought him back upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of David.

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2 Kings 14:20, 2 Kings 14:20