Amaziah

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• The assassins were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer--both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king. - 2 Kings 12:21



• The rest of the events in Jehoash's reign and all his deeds, including the extent of his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in [The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.] - 2 Kings 13:12



• Amaziah son of Joash began to rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King Jehoash* of Israel.1 - 2 Kings 14:1



• Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin, from Jerusalem. - 2 Kings 14:2



• Amaziah did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight, but not like his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example of his father, Joash. - 2 Kings 14:3



• Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, where the people offered sacrifices and burned incense. - 2 Kings 14:4



• When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the men who had assassinated his father. - 2 Kings 14:5



• It was Amaziah who killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day. - 2 Kings 14:7



• One day Amaziah sent this challenge to Israel's king Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu: "Come and meet me in battle!" - 2 Kings 14:8



• But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: "Out in the Lebanon mountains a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: `Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it! - 2 Kings 14:9



• But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash of Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziah of Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemesh in Judah. - 2 Kings 14:11



• King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah at Beth-shemesh and marched on to Jerusalem. Then Jehoash ordered his army to demolish six hundred feet* of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.3 - 2 Kings 14:13



• The rest of the events in Jehoash's reign, including the extent of his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in [The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.] - 2 Kings 14:15



• King Amaziah of Judah lived on for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel. - 2 Kings 14:17



• The rest of the events in Amaziah's reign are recorded in [The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.] - 2 Kings 14:18

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^{New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}