Dual Panel1Amaziah <0558> was twenty-five <02568> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign, and he reigned <04427> for twenty-nine <08672> <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Jehoaddan <03086>, who was from Jerusalem <03389>.
2He did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, but <07535> not <03808> with wholehearted devotion <08003> <03824>.
3When <0834> <01961> he had secured <02388> control of the kingdom <04467>, he executed <02026> the servants <05650> who had assassinated <05221> his father <01>.
4However, he did not <03808> execute <04191> their sons <01121>. He obeyed <06680> the Lord’s <03068> commandment <0559> as recorded <03789> in the law <08451> scroll <05612> of Moses <04872>, “Fathers <01> must not <03808> be executed <04191> for <05921> what their sons <01121> do, and sons <01121> must not <03808> be executed <04191> for <05921> what their fathers <01> do. A man <0376> must be executed <04191> only for <03588> his own sin <02399>.”
5Amaziah <0558> assembled <06908> the people of Judah <03063> and assigned <05975> them by families <01> <01004> to the commanders <08269> of units of a thousand <0505> and the commanders <08269> of units of a hundred <03967> for all <03605> Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>. He counted <06485> those twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and up <04605> and discovered <04672> there were 300,000 <0505> <03967> <07969> young men <0970> of fighting age <06635> <03318> equipped <0270> with spears <07420> and shields <06793>.
6He hired <07936> 100,000 <0505> <03967> Israelite <03478> warriors <02428> <01368> for a hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701>.
7But a prophet <0376> visited <0935> him <0413> and said <0559>: “O king <04428>, the Israelite <03478> troops <06635> must not <0408> go <0935> with <05973> you, for <03588> the Lord <03069> is not <0369> with <05973> Israel <03478> or any <03605> of the Ephraimites <0669> <01121>.
8Even <03588> if <0518> you <0859> go <0935> and fight <06213> bravely <02388> in battle <04421>, God <0430> will defeat <03782> you before <06440> the enemy <0341>. God <0430> is <03426> capable <03581> of helping <05826> or defeating <03782>.”
9Amaziah <0558> asked <0559> the prophet <0430> <0376>: “But what <04100> should I do <06213> about the hundred <03967> talents <03603> of <0834> silver I paid <05414> the Israelite <03478> troops <01416>?” The prophet <0430> <0376> replied <0559>, “The Lord <03068> is <03426> capable of giving <05414> you more <07235> than that <02088>.”
10So Amaziah <0558> dismissed <0914> the troops <01416> that <0834> had come <0935> to <0413> him from Ephraim <0669> and sent <01980> them home <04725>. They were very <03966> angry <0639> <02734> at Judah <03063> and returned <07725> home <04725> incensed <0639> <02750>.
11Amaziah <0558> boldly <02388> led <05090> his army <05971> to the Valley <01516> of Salt <04417>, where he defeated <05221> 10,000 <0505> <06235> Edomites <08165> <01121>.
12The men of Judah <03063> captured <07617> 10,000 <0505> <06235> men <01121> alive <02416>. They took <0935> them to the top <07218> of a cliff <05553> and threw <07993> them over <05553> <07218>. All <03605> the captives fell to <01234> their death <01234>.
13Now the troops <01416> Amaziah <0558> had dismissed <07725> and had <0834> not allowed <01980> to fight in <05973> the battle <04421> raided <06584> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> from Samaria <08111> to <05704> Beth Horon <01032>. They <01992> killed <05221> 3,000 <0505> <07969> people and carried off <0962> a large amount <07227> of plunder <0961>.
14When Amaziah <0558> returned <0935> from defeating <05221> the Edomites <0130>, he brought <0935> back the gods <0430> of the people <01121> of Seir <08165> and made them his personal gods <0430>. He bowed down <07812> before <06440> them and offered <06999> them sacrifices <06999>.
15The Lord <03068> was angry <0639> <02734> at Amaziah <0558> and sent <07971> a prophet <05030> to <0413> him, who said <0559>, “Why <04100> are you following <01875> these gods <05971> <0430> that could not <03808> deliver <05337> their own people <05971> from your power <03027>?”
16While he was <01961> speaking <01696>, Amaziah said <0559> to <0413> him, “Did we appoint <05414> you to be a royal <04428> counselor <03289>? Stop <02308> prophesying or else you will be killed <05221>!” So the prophet <05030> stopped <02308>, but added <0559>, “I know <03045> that <03588> the Lord <0430> has decided <03289> to destroy <07843> you, because <03588> you have done <06213> this <02063> thing and refused <03808> to listen <08085> to my advice <06098>.”
17After King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063> consulted <03289> with his advisers, he sent <07971> this message to <0413> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, Joash <03101> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059>, the son <01121> of Jehu <03058>, “Come, face <06440> <07200> me on the battlefield.”
18King <04428> Joash <03101> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> this message back <07971> to <0413> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, “A thorn bush <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 bush <02336>.
19You defeated <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?”
20But Amaziah <0558> did not <03808> heed <08085> the warning, for <03588> God <0430> wanted to hand <05414> them <01931> over <05414> to <04616> Joash because <03588> they followed <01875> the gods <0430> of Edom <0123>.
21So King <04428> Joash <03101> of Israel <03478> attacked <05927>. He <01931> and King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063> faced <06440> <07200> each other on the battlefield in Beth Shemesh <01053> of Judah <03063>.
22Judah <03063> was defeated <05062> by Israel <03478>, and each man <0376> ran back <05127> home <0168>.
23King <04428> Joash <03101> of Israel <03478> captured <08610> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, son <01121> of Joash <03101> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059>, in Beth Shemesh <01053> and brought <0935> him to Jerusalem <03389>. He broke down <06555> the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> from the Gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669> to <05704> the Corner <06437> Gate <08179>– a distance of about six hundred feet <0520> <03967> <0702>.
24He took away all <03605> the gold <02091> and silver <03701>, all <03605> the items <03627> found <04672> in God’s <0430> temple <01004> that were in the care of <05973> Obed-Edom <05654>, the riches <0214> in the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and some hostages <08594> <01121>. Then he went back <07725> to Samaria <08111>.
25King <04428> Amaziah <0558> son <01121> of Joash <03101> of Judah <03063> lived <02421> for fifteen <06240> <02568> years <08141> after <0310> the death <04191> of King <04428> Joash <03101> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> of Israel <03478>.
26The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Amaziah’s <0558> reign, from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the Scroll <05612> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>.
27From the time <06256> Amaziah <0558> turned <05493> from following <0310> the Lord <03068>, conspirators <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>.
28His body was carried back <05375> by <05921> horses <05483>, and he was buried <06912> in Jerusalem with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the City <05892> of David.