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1. Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin, and she was from Jerusalem.
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1. Amaziah H558 was twenty H6242 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and he reigned H4427 twenty H6242 and nine H8672 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Jehoaddan H3086 of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 .
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2. Amaziah did what the Lord said was right, but he did not really want to obey him.
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2. And he did H6213 that which was right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , but H7535 not H3808 with a perfect H8003 heart H3824 .
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3. As soon as Amaziah took strong control of the kingdom, he executed the officers who had murdered his father the king.
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3. Now it came to pass H1961 , when H834 the kingdom H4467 was established H2388 to H5921 him , that he slew H2026 H853 his servants H5650 that had killed H5221 H853 the king H4428 his father H1 .
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4. But Amaziah did not put to death their children. He obeyed what was written in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "Parents must not be put to death when their children do wrong, and children must not be put to death when their parents do wrong. Each must die for his own sins."
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4. But he slew H4191 not H3808 their children H1121 , but H3588 did as it is written H3789 in the law H8451 in the book H5612 of Moses H4872 , where H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 , saying H559 , The fathers H1 shall not H3808 die H4191 for H5921 the children H1121 , neither H3808 shall the children H1121 die H4191 for H5921 the fathers H1 , but H3588 every man H376 shall die H4191 for his own sin H2399 .
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5. Amaziah gathered the people of Judah together. He grouped all the people of Judah and Benjamin by families, and he put commanders over groups of a thousand and over groups of a hundred. He counted the men who were twenty years old and older. In all there were three hundred thousand soldiers ready to fight and skilled with spears and shields.
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5. Moreover Amaziah H558 gathered Judah together H6908 H853 H3063 , and made H5975 them captains H8269 over thousands H505 , and captains H8269 over hundreds H3967 , according to the houses H1004 of their fathers H1 , throughout all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 : and he numbered H6485 them from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H4480 H1121 and above H4605 , and found H4672 them three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 choice H977 men, able to go forth H3318 to war H6635 , that could handle H270 spear H7420 and shield H6793 .
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6. Amaziah also hired one hundred thousand soldiers from Israel for about seventy-five hundred pounds of silver.
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6. He hired H7936 also a hundred H3967 thousand H505 mighty men H1368 of valor H2428 out of Israel H4480 H3478 for a hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701 .
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7. But a man of God came to Amaziah and said, "My king, don't let the army of Israel go with you. The Lord is not with Israel or the people from the tribe of Ephraim.
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7. But there came H935 a man H376 of God H430 to H413 him, saying H559 , O king H4428 , let not H408 the army H6635 of Israel H3478 go H935 with H5973 thee; for H3588 the LORD H3068 is not H369 with H5973 Israel H3478 , to wit, with all H3605 the children H1121 of Ephraim H669 .
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8. You can make yourself strong for war, but God will defeat you. He has the power to help you or to defeat you."
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8. But H3588 if H518 thou H859 wilt go H935 , do H6213 it , be strong H2388 for the battle H4421 : God H430 shall make thee fall H3782 before H6440 the enemy H341 : for H3588 God H430 hath H3426 power H3581 to help H5826 , and to cast down H3782 .
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9. Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what about the seventy-five hundred pounds of silver I paid to the Israelite army?" The man of God answered, "The Lord can give you much more than that."
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9. And Amaziah H558 said H559 to the man H376 of God H430 , But what H4100 shall we do H6213 for the hundred H3967 talents H3603 which H834 I have given H5414 to the army H1416 of Israel H3478 ? And the man H376 of God H430 answered H559 , The LORD H3068 is H3426 able to give H5414 thee much more H7235 than this H4480 H2088 .
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10. So Amaziah sent the Israelite army back home to Ephraim. They were very angry with the people of Judah and went home angry.
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10. Then Amaziah H558 separated H914 them, to wit , the army H1416 that H834 was come H935 to H413 him out of Ephraim H4480 H669 , to go H1980 home H4725 again : wherefore their anger H639 was greatly H3966 kindled H2734 against Judah H3063 , and they returned H7725 home H4725 in great H2750 anger H639 .
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11. Then Amaziah became very brave and led his army to the Valley of Salt in the country of Edom. There Amaziah's army killed ten thousand Edomites.
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11. And Amaziah H558 strengthened himself H2388 , and led forth H5090 H853 his people H5971 , and went H1980 to the valley H1516 of salt H4417 , and smote H5221 H853 of the children H1121 of Seir H8165 ten H6235 thousand H505 .
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12. The army of Judah also captured ten thousand and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off so that they split open.
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12. And other ten H6235 thousand H505 left alive H2416 did the children H1121 of Judah H3063 carry away captive H7617 , and brought H935 them unto the top H7218 of the rock H5553 , and cast them down H7993 from the top H4480 H7218 of the rock H5553 , that they all H3605 were broken in pieces H1234 .
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13. At the same time the Israelite troops that Amaziah had not let fight in the war were robbing towns in Judah. From Samaria to Beth Horon they killed three thousand people and took many valuable things.
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13. But the soldiers H1121 of the army H1416 which H834 Amaziah H558 sent back H7725 , that they should not go H4480 H1980 with H5973 him to battle H4421 , fell upon H6584 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , from Samaria H4480 H8111 even unto H5704 Beth H1032 -horon , and smote H5221 three H7969 thousand H505 of H4480 them , and took H962 much H7227 spoil H961 .
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14. When Amaziah came home after defeating the Edomites, he brought back the idols they worshiped and started to worship them himself. He bow-ed down to them and offered sacrifices to them.
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14. Now it came to pass H1961 , after that H310 Amaziah H558 was come H935 from the slaughter H4480 H5221 H853 of the Edomites H130 , that he brought H935 H853 the gods H430 of the children H1121 of Seir H8165 , and set them up H5975 to be his gods H430 , and bowed down himself H7812 before H6440 them , and burned incense H6999 unto them.
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15. The Lord was very angry with Amaziah, so he sent a prophet to him who said, "Why have you asked their gods for help? They could not even save their own people from you!"
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15. Wherefore the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against Amaziah H558 , and he sent H7971 unto H413 him a prophet H5030 , which said H559 unto him, Why H4100 hast thou sought after H1875 H853 the gods H430 of the people H5971 , which H834 could not H3808 deliver H5337 H853 their own people H5971 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 ?
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16. As the prophet spoke, Amaziah said to him, "We never gave you the job of advising the king. Stop, or you will be killed." The prophet stopped speaking except to say, "I know that God has de-cided to destroy you because you have done this. You did not listen to my advice."
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16. And it came to pass H1961 , as he talked H1696 with H413 him , that the king said H559 unto him , Art thou made H5414 of the king H4428 's counsel H3289 ? forbear H2308 ; why H4100 shouldest thou be smitten H5221 ? Then the prophet H5030 forbore H2308 , and said H559 , I know H3045 that H3588 God H430 hath determined H3289 to destroy H7843 thee, because H3588 thou hast done H6213 this H2063 , and hast not H3808 hearkened H8085 unto my counsel H6098 .
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17. Amaziah king of Judah talked with those who advised him. Then he sent a message to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, who was the son of Jehu king of Israel. Amaziah said to Jehoash, "Come, let's meet face to face."
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17. Then Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 took advice H3289 , and sent H7971 to H413 Joash H3101 , the son H1121 of Jehoahaz H3059 , the son H1121 of Jehu H3058 , king H4428 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , Come H1980 , let us see one another H7200 in the face H6440 .
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18. Then Jehoash king of Israel answered Amaziah king of Judah, "A thornbush in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree in Lebanon. It said, 'Let your daughter marry my son.' But then a wild animal from Lebanon came by, walking on and crushing the thornbush.
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18. And Joash H3101 king H4428 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 to H413 Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , The thistle H2336 that H834 was in Lebanon H3844 sent H7971 to H413 the cedar H730 that H834 was in Lebanon H3844 , saying H559 , Give H5414 H853 thy daughter H1323 to my son H1121 to wife H802 : and there passed by H5674 a wild H7704 beast H2416 that H834 was in Lebanon H3844 , and trod down H7429 H853 the thistle H2336 .
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19. You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, but you have become proud, and you brag. But you stay at home! Don't ask for trouble, or you and Judah will be defeated."
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19. Thou sayest H559 , Lo H2009 , thou hast smitten H5221 H853 the Edomites H123 ; and thine heart H3820 lifteth thee up H5375 to boast H3513 : abide H3427 now H6258 at home H1004 ; why H4100 shouldest thou meddle H1624 to thine hurt H7451 , that thou shouldest fall H5307 , even thou H859 , and Judah H3063 with H5973 thee?
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20. But Amaziah would not listen. God caused this to happen so that Jehoash would defeat Judah, because Judah asked for help from the gods of Edom.
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20. But Amaziah H558 would not H3808 hear H8085 ; for H3588 it H1931 came of God H4480 H430 , that H4616 he might deliver H5414 them into the hand H3027 of their enemies , because H3588 they sought after H1875 H853 the gods H430 of Edom H123 .
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21. So Jehoash king of Israel went to attack. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other in battle at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
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21. So Joash H3101 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 ; and they saw one another H7200 in the face H6440 , both he H1931 and Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , at Beth H1053 -shemesh, which H834 belongeth to Judah H3063 .
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22. Israel defeated Judah, and every man of Judah ran away to his home.
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22. And Judah H3063 was put to the worse H5062 before H6440 Israel H3478 , and they fled H5127 every man H376 to his tent H168 .
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23. At Beth Shemesh Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah. (Amaziah was the son of Joash, who was the son of Ahaziah.) Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem. Jehoash broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, about six hundred feet.
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23. And Joash H3101 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 took H8610 Amaziah H558 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , the son H1121 of Joash H3101 , the son H1121 of Jehoahaz H3059 , at Beth H1053 -shemesh , and brought H935 him to Jerusalem H3389 , and broke down H6555 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 from the gate H4480 H8179 of Ephraim H669 to H5704 the corner H6438 gate H8179 , four H702 hundred H3967 cubits H520 .
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24. He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils from the Temple of God that Obed-Edom had taken care of. He also took the treasures from the palace and some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
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24. And he took all H3605 the gold H2091 and the silver H3701 , and H853 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were found H4672 in the house H1004 of God H430 with H5973 Obed H5654 -edom , and the treasures H214 of the king H4428 's house H1004 , H853 the hostages H1121 H8594 also , and returned H7725 to Samaria H8111 .
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25. Amaziah son of Joash, the king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel.
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25. And Amaziah H558 the son H1121 of Joash H3101 king H4428 of Judah H3063 lived H2421 after H310 the death H4194 of Joash H3101 son H1121 of Jehoahaz H3059 king H4428 of Israel H3478 fifteen H2568 H6240 years H8141 .
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26. The other things Amaziah did as king, from the beginning to the end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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26. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Amaziah H558 , first H7223 and last H314 , behold H2009 , are they not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 ?
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27. When Amaziah stopped obeying the Lord, the people in Jerusalem made plans against him. So he ran away to the town of Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him.
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27. Now after the time H4480 H6256 that H834 Amaziah H558 did turn away H5493 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 they made H7194 a conspiracy H7195 against H5921 him in Jerusalem H3389 ; and he fled H5127 to Lachish H3923 : but they sent H7971 to Lachish H3923 after H310 him , and slew H4191 him there H8033 .
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28. They brought his body back on horses, and he was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, the city of David.
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28. And they brought H5375 him upon H5921 horses H5483 , and buried H6912 him with H5973 his fathers H1 in the city H5892 of Judah H3063 .
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