1Amaziah 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.stylus2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:6, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:62And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.stylus2 Chronicles 25:14, James 4:8, 2 Chronicles 25:14, James 4:8, Acts 8:213Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.stylus2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 24:26, 2 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Chronicles 24:254But 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.stylusDeuteronomy 24:16, Deuteronomy 24:16, Ezekiel 18:20, 2 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 14:65Moreover 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.stylusNumbers 1:3, Numbers 1:3, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:18, 2 Chronicles 17:146He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.stylus7But 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.stylus2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 13:12, Hosea 9:13, Isaiah 28:18But 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.stylus2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 20:6, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Philippians 4:199And 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.stylusProverbs 10:22, Deuteronomy 8:18, Proverbs 10:22, Deuteronomy 8:1810Then 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.stylusProverbs 29:22, 1 Kings 12:24, 2 Samuel 19:43, Proverbs 29:22, 1 Kings 12:2411And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.stylus2 Kings 14:7, 2 Kings 14:7, Psalms 60:1, 2 Samuel 8:13, Psalms 60:112And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 20:10, 2 Chronicles 20:10, 1 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Chronicles 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:1013But 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 Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.stylus2 Chronicles 8:5, 1 Kings 9:17, 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 16:29, 2 Chronicles 8:514Now 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.stylus2 Chronicles 28:23, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Exodus 20:3, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 7:2515Wherefore 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?stylusPsalms 96:5, Psalms 96:5, 2 Chronicles 25:11, 2 Chronicles 25:12, 2 Chronicles 25:1116And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 24:21, Acts 4:28, Isaiah 46:10, Matthew 21:23, Ephesians 1:1117Then 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.stylus2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:14, 2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:14, Proverbs 20:318And 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.stylusJudges 9:8, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:8, Judges 9:15, Psalms 80:1319Thou 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?stylus2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 1 Peter 5:520But 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.stylus1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chronicles 22:7, Acts 28:2521So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.stylus1 Samuel 6:9, 1 Samuel 6:19, 1 Samuel 6:20, Joshua 21:16, 1 Samuel 6:922And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.stylus1 Samuel 4:10, 2 Chronicles 28:5, 2 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Kings 22:36, 1 Samuel 4:1023And Joash the 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 to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.stylusNehemiah 8:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Nehemiah 8:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Jeremiah 31:3824And he took all the gold and the 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.stylus1 Chronicles 26:15, 1 Chronicles 26:15, 2 Kings 14:14, 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Kings 14:1425And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.stylus2 Kings 14:17, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 14:17, 2 Kings 14:2226Now 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?stylus2 Kings 14:15, 2 Chronicles 20:34, 2 Kings 14:15, 2 Chronicles 20:3427Now 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.stylus2 Chronicles 24:25, Joshua 10:31, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 24:2528And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.stylus2 Kings 14:20, 2 Kings 14:20