¶ In the second year of Joash¹ son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah² the son of Joash king of Judah.

He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

And he did³ that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according⁴ to all things as Joash his father did.

Howbeit the high places⁵ were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew⁶ his servants⁷ which had slain the king his father.

But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers⁸ shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

He slew⁹ of Edom in the valley of salt¹⁰ ten thousand, and took Selah¹¹ by war, and called the name of it Joktheel¹² unto this day.

¶ Then Amaziah¹³ sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come¹⁴, let us look one another in the face.

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle¹⁵ that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

¶ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart¹⁶ hath lifted thee up: glory of this,¹⁷ and tarry at home¹⁸: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

But Amaziah¹⁹ would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh²⁰, which belongeth to Judah.

And Judah was put to the worse²¹ before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah²² king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim²³ unto the corner²⁴ gate, four hundred cubits.

And he took all the gold²⁵ and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages²⁶, and returned to Samaria.

¶ Now the rest²⁷ of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And Jehoash²⁸ slept with his fathers, and was buried²⁹ in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam³⁰ his son reigned in his stead.

And Amaziah³¹ the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

³²And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now they made³³ a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish³⁴; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

¶ And they brought him on horses: and he was buried³⁵ at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

And all the people of Judah took Azariah³⁶, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

He built Elath³⁹, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

¶ In the fifteenth⁴¹ year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam⁴² the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign⁴³ in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

And he did that which was evil in the sight⁴⁴ of the LORD: he departed⁴⁵ not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering⁴⁶ of Hamath unto the sea⁴⁷ of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah⁴⁸, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

For the LORD saw the affliction⁵¹ of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut⁵² up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

And the LORD said not⁵³ that he would blot out⁵⁴ the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved⁵⁵ them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

Now the rest⁵⁶ of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus⁵⁷, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah⁵⁸, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah⁵⁹ his son reigned⁶⁰ in his stead.