Dual Panel1In the second <08147> year <08141> of the reign <04427> of Israel’s <03478> King <04428> Joash <03101> son <01121> of Joahaz <03099>, Joash’s <03101> son <01121> Amaziah <0558> became king <04428> over Judah <03063>.
2He was twenty-five <02568> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began <01961> to reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for twenty-nine <08672> <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Jehoaddan <03086>, who was from <04480> Jerusalem <03389>.
3He did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, but <07535> not <03808> like David <01732> his father <01>. He followed <06213> the example of his father <01> Joash <03101>.
4But <07535> the high places <01116> were not <03808> eliminated <05493>; the people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> and burn incense <06999> on the high places <01116>.
5When <01961> he had secured <02388> control <03027> of the kingdom <04467>, he executed <05221> the servants <05650> who had assassinated <05221> his father <01>.
6But he did not <03808> execute <04191> the sons <01121> of the assassins <05221>. He obeyed the Lord’s <03068> commandment <06680> as <0834> recorded <03789> in the law <08451> scroll <05612> of Moses <04872>, “Fathers <01> must not <03808> be put <04191> to death <04191> for <05921> what their sons <01121> do, and sons <01121> must not <03808> be put to death <04191> for <05921> what their fathers <01> do. A man <0376> must be put <04191> to death <04191> only for <0518> <03588> his own sin <02399>.”
7He <01931> defeated <05221> 10,000 <0505> <06235> Edomites <0123> in the Salt <04417> Valley <01516>; he captured <08610> Sela <05554> in battle <04421> and renamed <07121> it Joktheel <03371>, a name <08034> it has retained to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.
8Then <0227> Amaziah <0558> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> son <01121> of Jehu <03058>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>. He said <0559>, “Come <01980>, let’s meet <07200> face to face <06440>.”
9King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> this message back <07971> to <0413> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, “A thornbush <02336> in Lebanon <03844> sent <07971> this message to <0413> a cedar <0730> in Lebanon <03844>, ‘Give <05414> your daughter <01323> to my son <01121> as a wife <0802>.’ Then a wild <07704> animal <02416> of Lebanon <03844> came by <05674> and trampled down <07429> the thorn <02336>.
10You thoroughly defeated <05221> <05221> Edom <0123> and it has gone <05375> to your head <03820>! Gloat over <05375> your success <03513>, but stay <03427> in your palace <01004>. Why <04100> bring <01624> calamity <07451> on yourself? Why bring down <05307> yourself <0859> and Judah <03063> along with <05973> you?”
11But Amaziah <0558> would not <03808> heed the warning <08085>, so King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Israel <03478> attacked <05927>. He <01931> and King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063> met face to face <06440> <07200> in Beth Shemesh <01053> of Judah <03063>.
12Judah <03063> was defeated <05062> by Israel <03478>, and each man <0376> ran back <05127> home <0168>.
13King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Israel <03478> captured <08610> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, son <01121> of Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Ahaziah <0274>, in Beth Shemesh <01053>. He attacked <0935> Jerusalem <03389> and broke down <06555> the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> from the Gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669> to <05704> the Corner <06438> Gate <08179>– a distance of about six hundred feet <03967> <0520> <0702>.
14He took <03947> away all <03605> the gold <02091> and silver <03701>, all <03605> the items <03627> found <04672> in the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> and in the treasuries <0214> of the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and some hostages <08594> <01121>. Then he went back <07725> to Samaria.( <08111>
15The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jehoash’s <03060> reign, including <0834> all his accomplishments <06213> and his successful war <03898> with <05973> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
16Jehoash <03060> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111> with <05973> the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. His son <01121> Jeroboam <03379> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.)
17King <04428> Amaziah <0558> son <01121> of Joash <03101> of Judah <03063> lived <02421> for fifteen <06240> <02568> years <08141> after <0310> the death <04194> of King <04428> Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> of Israel <03478>.
18The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Amaziah’s <0558> reign are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
19Conspirators <07195> plotted against <07194> him in <05921> Jerusalem <03389>, so he fled <05127> to Lachish <03923>. But they sent <07971> assassins after <0310> him <03923> and they killed <04191> him there <08033>.
20His body was carried back <05375> by <05921> horses <05483> and he was buried <06912> in Jerusalem <03389> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>.
21All <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063> took <03947> Azariah <05838>, who was sixteen <06240> <08337> years <08141> old <01121>, and made <04427> him king <04427> in his father <01> Amaziah’s <0558> place <08478>.
22Azariah built up <01129> Elat <0359> and restored <07725> it to Judah <03063> after <0310> the king <04428> had passed away <01> <05973> <07901>.
23In the fifteenth <06240> <02568> year <08141> <08141> of the reign <04427> of Judah’s <03063> King <04428> Amaziah <0558>, son <01121> of Joash <03101>, Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Joash <03101> became king <04428> over Israel <03478>. He reigned for forty-one <0259> <0705> years <08141> in Samaria <08111>.
24He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>; he did not <03808> repudiate <05493> the sinful <02403> ways of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> who <0834> encouraged <02398> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.
25He <01931> restored <07725> the <0853> border <01366> of Israel <03478> from Lebo Hamath <02574> in the north to <05704> the sea <03220> of the Arabah <06160> in the south, in accordance with the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> announced <01696> through <03027> his servant <05650> Jonah <03124> son <01121> of Amittai <0573>, the prophet <05030> from <0834> Gath Hepher <01662>.
26The Lord <03068> saw <07200> Israel’s <03478> intense <03966> <04784> suffering <06040>; everyone was weak <06113> <0657> and incapacitated <05800> <0657> and Israel <03478> had no <0369> deliverer <05826>.
27The Lord <03068> had not <03808> decreed <01696> that he would blot out <04229> Israel’s <03478> memory <08034> from under <08478> heaven <08064>, so he delivered <03467> them through <03027> Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Joash <03101>.
28The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jeroboam’s <03379> reign, including all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, his military <03898> success <01369> in restoring <07725> Israelite <03478> control over Damascus <01834> and Hamath <02574>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
29Jeroboam <03379> passed away and was buried <07901> in Samaria with <05973> the kings <04428> of Israel <04427> <03478>. His son <01121> Zechariah <02148> replaced <08478> him as king.