b

5¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was A. C. 838. confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had bch. xii. 20. slain the king his father.

C

6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers e Deut. xxiv. shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children 20. be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

SECTION II.

War with Edom.

2 CHRONICLES xxv. ver. 5-12.

5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the

16. Ezek.xviii,

827.

* army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD Heb. band. is able to give thee much more than this.

10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: +Heb. to their wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

2 KINGS XIV. VER. 7.

place.

+ Heb. in heat of anger.

7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took § Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel Or, the rock. unto this day.

A. C. 827.

* Heb. the sons of the band.

+ Heb. coun selled.

826.

2 CHRONICLES XXV. ver. 12—17.

12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

13 But the soldiers of the * army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

14 ¶ Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

SECTION III.

War with Israel.

2 KINGS XIV. VER. 8-15.

8¶Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

9 And 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 thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath Heb. at thy lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

house.

11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

12 And Judah *was put to the worse before Israel; and A.C.826. they fled every man to their tents.

* Heb. was

13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Ju- smitten. dah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

SECTION IV.

Death of Amaziah.

2 CHRONICLES xxv. ver. 27, 28.

after.

810.

Heb. con

27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away + from following the LORD they made a conspiracy + Heb. from against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of § Judah.

2 CHRONICLES XXV. VER. 25, 26.

25¶And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

2 CHRONICLES XXV. VER. 1-5.

spired a conspiracy.

That is, the city of David, as it is 2 Kings xiv. 20.

1, &c.

1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he ₫ 2 Kings xiv. reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Je

hoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

3¶ Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was || established to him, that Heb. conhe slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every shall die for his own sin.

2 CHRONICLES XXV. VER. 17-25.

man

firmed upon him.

e Deut. xxiv. 16. 2 Kings xiv. 6. Jer.

xxxi. 30. Ezek. xviii. 20.

17 ¶ Then ' Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son f2 Kings xiv. of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

9.

A.C. 810. 18 And Joash 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, * Or, furze bush,or, thorn. Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that +Heb. a beast was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

of the field.

+Heb. smitten.

19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man

to his tent.

23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, Heb. the gate and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to § the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

of it that looketh.

g 2 Chron. XXV. 27.

839.

24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

2 KINGS XIV. VER. 19, 20.

19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

2 KINGS XIV. VER. 17, 18.

17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

CHAPTER IX.

PART II.

Events in the Kingdom of Israel, contemporary with the Reign of Amaziah, King of Judah.

SECTION I.

Reign of Jehoash continued.

2 KINGS XIII. VER. 22, TO THE END.

22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because

*

of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would A. C. 839. not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence Heb. face. as yet.

24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.

ed and took.

25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz + took again out of the return the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

2 KINGS XIII. VER. 11, 12, 13.

11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.

12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

15

2 KINGS XIV. VER. 15, 16.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

825.

SECTION II.

Reign of Jeroboam the Second.

2 KINGS XIV. VER. 23, 24.

to reign alone.

23¶In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash Now he begins king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.