Amaziah Wants to Meet Face to Face with Jehoash |
2 Kings 14:1-29 2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
In the 2nd year [Jehoash, Jehoahaz'] son, king of Israel [ruled,] Amaziah, Joash's] son, king of Judah [ruled.] [Amaziah] was 25 years old when he began to [rule, & ruled] 29 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan, [from,] Jerusalem. |
And [Amaziah] did [what] was right in the sight of the Lord, [but] not like David, his [forefather.] [Amaziah,] did according to all the things his father, Joash did. [But] the high places weren't taken away; & the people [still] sacrificed & burnt incense on the high places. |
[Deuteronomy 12:2 You shall [totally] destroy all the places [in which] the nations [that] you shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, & upon the hills, & under every green tree.] |
And it [happened,] as soon as the kingdom was confirmed, [a.k.a. established,] in his hand, [Amaziah killed] his servants [who] had [killed] his father, the king. |
According to [what] is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, [Amaziah didn't kill] the children of the murderers, [where] the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for [the sins of] the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers. But every man shall be put to death for his own sin. |
[Amaziah killed] 10,000 of Edom in the Valley of the Salt [Sea,] & [captured] Selah [in battle,] & called [its] name Joktheel, [until] this day. Then, Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, [Jeoahaz'] son, [who was the] son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. |
And Jehoash, [Israel's] king, sent [back this message] to Amaziah, [Judah's] king, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son to [marry as his] wife. And a wild [animal] that was in Lebanon passed by, & [trampled] the thistle down. |
You have indeed [defeated] Edom, & your heart [has] lifted you up, [for] the glory of this. [Wait] at home: for why [should] you meddle to your [own] [harm, so] that you [should] fall, even [the downfall of] you, & Judah with you? But Amaziah wouldn't [listen.] |
Therefore, Jehoash, [Israel's] king, went up, & he & Amaziah, [Judah's] king, looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. And Judah was [defeated by] Israel; & every man fled to their tents. |
And Jehoash, [Israel's] king, at Beth Shemesh, [captured] Amaziah, [Judah's] king, [who was] the son of Jehoash, [who] was the son of Ahaziah, & came to Jerusalem & [broke] down [Jerusalem's] wall from [Ephraim's] Gate to the Corner Gate, [about] 400 cubits. |
And [Jehoash] took all the: gold & silver, & all the vessels that were found in the [Lord's] house, & in the treasures of the king's house, & [took] hostages, & returned to Samaria. |
Now, aren't the rest of the [actions] of Jehoash, [that] he did, & his [strength,] & how he fought with Amaziah, [Judah's] king, written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? |
And Jehoash [died,] & slept with his [forefathers,] & was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam, his son, [ruled] in his [place.] And Amaziah, [Joash's] son, [Judah's] king, lived 15 years after the death of Jehoash, [Jehoahaz'] son, [Israel's] king. |
And aren't the rest of the [actions] of Amaziah, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Now, they made a conspiracy against [Amaziah in] Jerusalem, & he fled to Lachish; but they sent to Lachish after him, & [killed] him there. |
And they brought [his] [body] on horses, & he was buried [in] Jerusalem with his [forefathers] in the city of David. And all the people of Judah took Azariah, [a.k.a. Uzziah, who] was 16 years old, & made him king instead of his father, Amaziah. |
[Azariah rebuilt] Elath, & [it was returned] to Judah, after that, king [Amaziah died,] & slept with his [forefathers.] In the 15th year of Amaziah, [Joash's] son, [Judah's] king, Jeroboam, [Jehoash's] son, [Israel’s] king, began to [rule] in Samaria, & [ruled] 41 years. |
And [Jeroboam] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord. He [didn't depart] from all the sins of [a previous] Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, who [caused] Israel to sin. [1 Kings 12:28-30 [Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] took counsel, & made 2 calves of gold & said to [the Israelites,] It’s too much for you to go up to Jerusalem [to sacrifice.] |
[See,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And [Jeroboam put] one [gold calf] in BethEl, & he put the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.] |
Jeroboam, [Jehoash's] son, restored the [coastal boundaries] of Israel from the [entrance] of Hamath [all the way] to the [Dead] Sea, of the plain, according to the Word of the Lord God of Israel, [that] He [spoke] by His servant, Jonah, [Amittai's] son, the prophet, [who was from] Gath Hepher. |
For the Lord [God] saw the affliction of Israel, that was very [severe:] for there [weren't] any [imprisoned,] nor any left, nor any helper, [to help to rescue] Israel. And the Lord said that He wouldn't blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but the [Lord God] saved them by the hand of Jeroboam, [Joash's] son. |
Now, aren't the rest of the [actions] of Jeroboam, [a.k.a. the son of Joash,] & all that he did, & his [strength,] how he [battled,] & how he recovered Damascus, & Hamath, for Israel, [that] [had] belonged to Judah, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? |
And Jeroboam [died,] & slept with his [forefathers,] even with the kings of Israel; & Zachariah, his son, [ruled] in his [place.] |