II Kings 14
Amaziah Kills His Father's Killers
1 In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz 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 Joadan of Jerusalem.
3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his father David; but he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
4 Only the high places were not taken down, for the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
5 So it came to pass, when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
6 But the sons of the murderers he did not kill, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but each one will be put to death for his own sin.
7 He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Selah in battle; and he called its name Joktheel to this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face each other."
9 But Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' But the wild animals that were in Lebanon trampled the thistle."
10 You have indeed struck down the Edomites, and your heart has lifted you up. Boast about it and stay at home. Why should you meddle in evil, so that you and Judah may fall with you?
11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel and Amaziah king of Judah went up and faced each other at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled every man to their tents.
13 Then Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. He came to Jerusalem and 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 the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, as well as the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, what he did, and his might, and how he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
16 And Joash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19 And they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses, and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
22 And he built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.