2 Chronicles 25
25:1A son being twenty and five years old was Amaziah in his taking reign. And twenty and nine years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
25:2And he did the upright thing before the lord, but not with a full heart.
25:3And it came to pass as the kingdom was placed in his hand, that he killed his servants -- the ones murdering his father the king.
25:4And their sons were not killed according to the covenant of the law of the lord, as is written in the law of Moses, as the lord gave charge, saying, fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but only each for his own sin shall die.
25:5And Amaziah gathered the house of Judah, and he established them according to the houses of their families for commanders of thousands, and commanders of hundreds, in all Judah and Benjamin. And he numbered them from twenty years old and up. And he found of them three hundred thousand mighty ones going forth for war, mighty ones holding spear and shield.
25:6And he hired from Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones in strength for a hundred talents of silver.
25:7And the man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the force of Israel go with you! for the lord is not with Israel -- of any of the sons of Ephraim.
25:8For if you should undertake to grow strong by these in the battle, the lord will put you to flight before the enemies, for there is strength to the lord to help, and to put to flight.
25:9And Amaziah said to the man of God, And what shall I do with the hundred talents which I gave to the force of Israel? And the man of God said, It is with the lord to give to you more of these.
25:10And Amaziah parted the force coming to him from Ephraim, to go forth to their place. And they were enraged in their anger exceedingly over Judah, and returned to their places in an anger of rage.
25:11And Amaziah grew strong, and took to himself his people, and went into the valley of salts, and struck there the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.
25:12And the sons of Judah took alive ten thousand, and they brought them upon the tip of the precipice, and flung them from the tip of the precipice, and all were torn to pieces.
25:13And the sons of the force, whom Amaziah returned so as to not go with him to war, assailed against the cities of Judah from Samaria and unto Beth-horon. And they struck among them three thousand, and despoiled many spoils.
25:14And it came to pass after the coming of Amaziah, having struck the Edomite, that he brought to them the gods of the sons of Seir, and he set them up to himself as gods; and he did obeisance before them, and sacrificed to them.
25:15And the anger of the lord came against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, and he said to him, Why did you seek the gods of the people, the ones which did not rescue their own people from your hand?
25:16And it came to pass in the speaking to him by him, that he said to him, Have I appointed you counselor of the king? Take heed to it! that they should not strike you. And the prophet kept silent, and said, I know that the lord consulted to utterly destroy you, for he did this, and you did not heed my advice.
25:17And Amaziah king of Judah consulted, and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, for we should see each other's faces.
25:18And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife; but, behold, the wild beasts of the field in Lebanon shall come, and the wild beasts came, and they trampled the thorn-bush.
25:19You said, Behold, I struck Edom; and your heavy heart lifts you up. Now be seated in your house, for why do you unite in evil, and you shall fall, and Judah with you?
25:20But Amaziah hearkened not, for by the lord it was to deliver him into the hands of Joash, for he inquired of the gods of the Edomites.
25:21And Joash the king of Israel ascended. And they saw one another, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-shemesh, which is of Judah.
25:22And Judah was put to flight before the face of Israel; and each fled unto his tent.
25:23And Amaziah king of Judah was overtaken by Joash king of Israel in Beth-shemesh, and he brought him to Jerusalem, and he tore down from of the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner -- four hundred cubits.
25:24And all the gold, and the silver, and all the items being found in the house of the lord, and the things with Obed Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and of the things of the sons of the alliances he took, and he returned to Samaria.
25:25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the dying of Joash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel for fifteen years.
25:26And the rest of the words of Amaziah, the first and the last, behold are they not written upon the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel?
25:27And at the time when Amaziah departed from the lord, they made an attempt against him in a conspiracy in Jerusalem, and he fled unto Lachish; but they sent after him unto Lachish, and they killed him there.
25:28And they took him upon the horses, and entombed him with his fathers in the city of David.