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          DASV: 2 Kings 14    

1 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign in
the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king. He
reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.
3 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet
not like his father David. He did all the things that
Joash his father had done.
4 But the high places were not removed; the people still
sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
5 As soon as Amaziah had firmly gained control of the
kingdom, he killed the servants who had murdered his
father the king.
6 He did not put to death the children of the murderers;
according to what is written in the scroll of the law
of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "The fathers should
not be put to death for the children, nor the children
be put to death for the fathers; but every person must
be put to death only for his own sin."
7 He killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt and
captured Sela in battle. He renamed it Joktheel,
as it is called to this day.

8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of
Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come,
let’s meet face to face in battle."
9 Jehoash the 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 your
daughter to my son to wife.' Then a wild animal
passed by that was in Lebanon, and trampled down
the thistle.
10 You have indeed defeated Edom, but now your heart
has lifted you up. Be content with your glory and
stay in your palace. Why do you want to stir up
trouble which will only result in your own demise
and Judah's as well?"
11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of
Israel attacked and he and Amaziah king of Judah
faced off at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
12 Judah was defeated before Israel and everyone
fled back home.

13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of
Judah, the son of Joash the son of Ahaziah, at
Beth Shemesh. He then went to Jerusalem, and broke
down 600 feet of the wall of Jerusalem from the
Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate.
14 Jehoash carried off all the gold and silver,
all the vessels that were found in the temple of
the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's palace,
as well as some hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15 Now the rest of the acts that Jehoash did,
and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah
king of Judah, are they not written in the scroll
of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?
16 Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried
in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then
Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

17 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived
after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king
of Israel fifteen years.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they
not written in the scroll of the Annals of the
Kings of Judah?
19 There was a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem
so he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him
to Lachish and killed him there.
20 His body was carried back by horse and he was
buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city
of David.

21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was
sixteen years old, and made him king in the place
of his father Amaziah.
22 He rebuilt Elath, and restored it to Judah,
after Amaziah slept with his fathers.

23 Jeroboam the son of Jehoash king of Israel
began to reign in Samaria in the fifteenth year
of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. He
reigned forty-one years.
24 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
He did not turn away from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, by which he led
Israel to sin.
25 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo
Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah [Dead Sea],
according to the word of the LORD, the God of
Israel, spoken by his servant Jonah the son
of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
26 For the LORD saw the bitter affliction of
Israel, for there was no one left, slave or
free, to help Israel.
27 The LORD had promised that he would not blot
out the name of Israel from under heaven, so
he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son
of Jehoash.
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and
all that he did, and his might, how he fought
and recovered Damascus and Hamath, which had
belonged to Judah, are they not written in
the scroll of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?
29 Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings
of Israel. Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

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