Amaziah Reigns in Judah
(2 Chronicles 25:1–4)
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash 1son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah. 2Ki 13:102Ch 25:1-41Ch 3:122Ki 14:15 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done. 2Ch 25:2-31Ki 11:41Ki 15:31Pe 1:182Ch 24:172Ch 24:22Ch 25:14-162Ki 12:2
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. 2Ki 12:32Ki 16:42Ki 15:352Ki 15:4
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. 2Ch 25:3-42Ki 12:20-21Num 35:33Exo 21:12-14Gen 9:6 Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.” 2 Deu 24:16Ezk 18:20Ezk 18:4Jer 31:30
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day. 2Sa 8:131Ch 18:12Jos 15:38Psa 60:12Ch 25:11-122Ki 8:20-22Isa 16:1
Jehoash Defeats Amaziah
(2 Chronicles 25:17–24)
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said. 2Ch 25:17-242Ki 14:112Sa 2:14-17Pro 13:10Pro 17:14Pro 18:6Pro 20:18Pro 25:8
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. Jdg 9:8-151Ki 4:331Sa 13:62Ch 25:10-132Ch 25:182Ch 33:112Sa 12:1-4Ezk 20:49 You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?” 2Ch 26:16Deu 8:142Ch 32:25Pro 15:18Pro 16:18Pro 20:3Pro 3:302Ch 35:21
But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah. Jos 19:381Sa 6:9-192Ch 25:162Ch 25:20Jos 15:10Jos 21:16 And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home. 2Sa 18:171Sa 4:101Ki 22:36
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Neh 8:16Jer 31:38Neh 12:39Zec 14:102Ch 25:23-242Ch 33:112Ch 36:62Ki 25:6
Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits. 3 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria. 1Ki 14:261Ki 7:511Ki 15:182Ki 12:182Ki 18:232Ki 24:132Ki 25:15
Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 1Ki 14:19-202Ki 10:34-352Ki 13:12-13
And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place. 1Ki 1:212Ki 13:132Ki 13:92Sa 7:12Amo 1:1Amo 7:10-11Hos 1:1
The Death of Amaziah
(2 Chronicles 25:25–28)
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 2Ch 25:25-282Ki 13:102Ki 14:1-22Ki 14:23 As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 1Ki 11:411Ki 14:292Ki 13:122Ki 13:8
And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there. Jos 10:312Ch 25:27-282Ki 12:20-212Ki 15:102Ki 15:142Ki 15:252Ki 15:302Ki 18:14 They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David. 2Ki 9:281Ki 11:431Ki 2:102Ch 21:202Ch 26:232Ch 33:202Ki 12:212Ki 8:24
Azariah Succeeds Amaziah in Judah
(2 Chronicles 26:1–2)
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, 4 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 1Ch 3:122Ki 15:132Ki 21:24Mat 1:8-92Ch 26:1 Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath 5and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers. 2Ki 16:61Ki 9:26Deu 2:82Ch 26:22Ch 8:17
Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years. 2Ki 14:27Amo 1:1Amo 7:9-11Hos 1:1 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. 1Ki 12:28-312Ki 13:112Ki 13:22Ki 13:6Deu 9:18Gen 38:71Ki 21:252Ki 21:6
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, 6 according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher. Deu 3:171Ki 8:65Jon 1:1Jos 19:13Mat 12:39-40Num 13:212Ki 13:25Ezk 47:16-18 For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel, Deu 32:362Ki 13:4Exo 3:7Exo 3:9Isa 63:9Jdg 10:16Psa 106:43-451Ki 14:10 and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash. 2Ki 13:232Ki 13:52Ki 5:1Deu 25:19Deu 29:20Deu 9:14Exo 32:32-33Hos 1:6-7
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 1Ki 11:241Ch 18:5-62Sa 8:62Ch 8:3-4
And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, 7 the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place. 2Ki 15:8