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1. Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who 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. He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.
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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. When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.
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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. However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the LORD's commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, "Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin."
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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 assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped 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. He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents 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 prophet visited him and said: "O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.
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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. Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating."
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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 asked the prophet: "But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?" The prophet replied, "The LORD is capable of giving you 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 dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.
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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. Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,000 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 men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.
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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. Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.
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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 returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods. He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.
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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 angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, "Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?"
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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. While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, "Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!" So the prophet stopped, but added, "I know that the LORD has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to 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. After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, "Come, face me on the battlefield."
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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. King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, "A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush.
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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 defeated Edom and it has gone to your head. Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?"
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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 did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed 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 King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield in Beth Shemesh of 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. Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back 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. King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate� a distance of 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 away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God's temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back 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. King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz 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 rest of the events of Amaziah's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll 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. From the time Amaziah turned from following the LORD, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.
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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. His body was carried back by horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in 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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