2 Kings 14 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. ^[2] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. ^[3] He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done. ^[4] However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. ^[5] As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father, ^[6] but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.” ^[7] He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day. ^[8] Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let’s look one another in the face.” ^[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 as wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle. ^[10] You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?” ^[11] But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. ^[12] Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent. ^[13] Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh and came to Jerusalem, then broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.^ⓘ ^[14] He took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in Yahweh’s house and in the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. ^[15] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ^[16] Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and 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, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ^[19] They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. ^[20] They brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in David’s city. ^[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 built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers. ^[23] In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria for forty-one years. ^[24] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. ^[25] He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher. ^[26] For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter for all, slave and free; and there was no helper for Israel. ^[27] Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. ^[28] Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? ^[29] Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

Footnotes

A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

King James Version

^[1] In the secondH8147 yearH8141 of JoashH3101 sonH1121 of JehoahazH3099 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 reignedH4427(QalPerf) AmaziahH558 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101 kingH4428 of Judah.H3063 ^[2] He was twentyH6242 and fiveH2568 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when he began to reign,H4427(QalInf) and reignedH4427(QalPerf) twentyH6242 and nineH8672 yearsH8141 in Jerusalem.H3389 And his mother’sH517 nameH8034 [was] JehoaddanH3086 of Jerusalem.H3389 ^[3] And he didH6213(QalImpf) [that which was] rightH3477 in the sightH5869 of the Lord,H3068 yetH7535 not like DavidH1732 his father:H1 he didH6213(QalPerf) according to all things as JoashH3101 his fatherH1 did.H6213(QalPerf) ^[4] Howbeit the high placesH1116 were not taken away:H5493(QalPerf) as yetH5750 the peopleH5971 did sacrificeH2076(PielPtc) and burnt incenseH6999(PielPtc) on the high places.H1116 ^[5] And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdomH4467 was confirmedH2388(QalPerf) in his hand,H3027 that he slewH5221(HiphImpf) his servantsH5650 which had slainH5221(HiphPtc) the kingH4428 his father.H1 ^[6] But the childrenH1121 of the murderersH5221(HiphPtc) he slewH4191(HiphPerf) not: according unto that which is writtenH3789(QalPasPtc) in the bookH5612 of the lawH8451 of Moses,H4872 wherein the LordH3068 commanded,H6680(PielPerf) saying,H559(QalInf) The fathersH1 shall not be put to deathH4191(HophImpf) for the children,H1121 nor the childrenH1121 be put to deathH4191(HophImpf) for the fathers;H1 but every manH376 shall be put to deathH4191(QalImpf) for his own sin.H2399 ^[7] He slewH5221(HiphPerf) of EdomH123 in the valleyH1516 of saltH4417 tenH6235 thousand,H505 and tookH8610(QalPerf) SelahH5554 by war,H4421 and calledH7121(QalImpf) the nameH8034 of it JoktheelH3371 unto this day.H3117 ^[8] Then AmaziahH558 sentH7971(QalPerf) messengersH4397 to Jehoash,H3060 the sonH1121 of JehoahazH3059 sonH1121 of Jehu,H3058 kingH4428 of Israel,H3478 saying,H559(QalInf) Come,H3212(QalImpv) let us lookH7200(HithImpf) one another in the face.H6440 ^[9] And JehoashH3060 the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971(QalImpf) to AmaziahH558 kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 saying,H559(QalInf) The thistleH2336 that [was] in LebanonH3844 sentH7971(QalPerf) to the cedarH730 that [was] in Lebanon,H3844 saying,H559(QalInf) GiveH5414(QalImpv) thy daughterH1323 to my sonH1121 to wife:H802 and there passedH5674(QalImpf) by a wildH7704 beastH2416 that [was] in Lebanon,H3844 and trode downH7429(QalImpf) the thistle.H2336 ^[10] Thou hast indeedH5221(HiphInf) smittenH5221(HiphPerf) Edom,H123 and thine heartH3820 hath lifted thee up:H5375(QalPerf) gloryH3513(NiphImpv) [of this], and tarryH3427(QalImpv) at home:H1004 for why shouldest thou meddleH1624(HithImpf) to [thy] hurt,H7451 that thou shouldest fall,H5307(QalPerf) [even] thou, and JudahH3063 with thee? ^[11] But AmaziahH558 would not hear.H8085(QalPerf) Therefore JehoashH3060 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 went up;H5927(QalImpf) and he and AmaziahH558 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 lookedH7200(HithImpf) one another in the faceH6440 at Bethshemesh,H1053 which [belongeth] to Judah.H3063 ^[12] And JudahH3063 was put to the worseH5062(NiphImpf) beforeH6440 Israel;H3478 and they fledH5127(QalImpf) every manH376 to their tents.H168 ^[13] And JehoashH3060 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 tookH8610(QalPerf) AmaziahH558 kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 the sonH1121 of JehoashH3060 the sonH1121 of Ahaziah,H274 at Bethshemesh,H1053 and cameH935(QalImpf) to Jerusalem,H3389 and brake downH6555(QalImpf) the wallH2346 of JerusalemH3389 from the gateH8179 of EphraimH669 unto the cornerH6438 gate,H8179 fourH702 hundredH3967 cubits.H520 ^[14] And he tookH3947(QalPerf) all the goldH2091 and silver,H3701 and all the vesselsH3627 that were foundH4672(NiphPtc) in the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 and in the treasuresH214 of the king’sH4428 house,H1004 and hostages,H1121 and returnedH7725(QalImpf) to Samaria.H8111 ^[15] Now the restH3499 of the actsH1697 of JehoashH3060 which he did,H6213(QalPerf) and his might,H1369 and how he foughtH3898(NiphPerf) with AmaziahH558 kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 [are] they not writtenH3789(QalPasPtc) in the bookH5612 of the chroniclesH1697 of the kingsH4428 of Israel?H3478 ^[16] And JehoashH3060 sleptH7901(QalImpf) with his fathers,H1 and was buriedH6912(NiphImpf) in SamariaH8111 with the kingsH4428 of Israel;H3478 and JeroboamH3379 his sonH1121 reignedH4427(QalImpf) in his stead. ^[17] And AmaziahH558 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 livedH2421(QalImpf) afterH310 the deathH4194 of JehoashH3060 sonH1121 of JehoahazH3059 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 fifteenH2568 years.H8141 ^[18] And the restH3499 of the actsH1697 of Amaziah,H558 [are] they not writtenH3789(QalPasPtc) in the bookH5612 of the chroniclesH1697 of the kingsH4428 of Judah?H3063 ^[19] Now they madeH7194(QalImpf) a conspiracyH7195 against him in Jerusalem:H3389 and he fledH5127(QalImpf) to Lachish;H3923 but they sentH7971(QalImpf) afterH310 him to Lachish,H3923 and slewH4191(HiphImpf) him there. ^[20] And they broughtH5375(QalImpf) him on horses:H5483 and he was buriedH6912(NiphImpf) at JerusalemH3389 with his fathersH1 in the cityH5892 of David.H1732 ^[21] And all the peopleH5971 of JudahH3063 tookH3947(QalImpf) Azariah,H5838 which [was] sixteenH8337 yearsH8141 old,H1121 and made him kingH4427(HiphImpf) instead of his fatherH1 Amaziah.H558 ^[22] He builtH1129(QalPerf) Elath,H359 and restoredH7725(HiphImpf) it to Judah,H3063 afterH310 that the kingH4428 sleptH7901(QalInf) with his fathers.H1 ^[23] In the fifteenthH2568 yearH8141 of AmaziahH558 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of JoashH3101 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 began to reignH4427(QalPerf) in Samaria,H8111 [and reigned] fortyH705 and oneH259 years.H8141 ^[24] And he didH6213(QalImpf) [that which was] evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the Lord:H3068 he departedH5493(QalPerf) not from all the sinsH2403 of JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of Nebat,H5028 who made IsraelH3478 to sin.H2398(HiphPerf) ^[25] He restoredH7725(HiphPerf) the coastH1366 of IsraelH3478 from the enteringH935(QalInf) of HamathH2574 unto the seaH3220 of the plain,H6160 according to the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 GodH430 of Israel,H3478 which he spakeH1696(PielPerf) by the handH3027 of his servantH5650 Jonah,H3124 the sonH1121 of Amittai,H573 the prophet,H5030 which [was] of Gathhepher.H1662 ^[26] For the LordH3068 sawH7200(QalPerf) the afflictionH6040 of Israel,H3478 [that it was] veryH3966 bitter:H4784(QalActPtc) for [there was] notH657 any shut up,H6113(QalPasPtc) nor any left,H5800(QalPasPtc) nor any helperH5826(QalActPtc) for Israel.H3478 ^[27] And the LordH3068 saidH1696(PielPerf) not that he would blot outH4229(QalInf) the nameH8034 of IsraelH3478 from under heaven:H8064 but he savedH3467(HiphImpf) them by the handH3027 of JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of Joash.H3101 ^[28] Now the restH3499 of the actsH1697 of Jeroboam,H3379 and all that he did,H6213(QalPerf) and his might,H1369 how he warred,H3898(NiphPerf) and how he recoveredH7725(HiphPerf) Damascus,H1834 and Hamath,H2574 [which belonged] to Judah,H3063 for Israel,H3478 are they not writtenH3789(QalPasPtc) in the bookH5612 of the chroniclesH1697 of the kingsH4428 of Israel?H3478 ^[29] And JeroboamH3379 sleptH7901(QalImpf) with his fathers,H1 [even] with the kingsH4428 of Israel;H3478 and ZachariahH2148 his sonH1121 reignedH4427(QalImpf) in his stead.

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