10
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up; glory
in this, but tarry at home. Why should thou meddle in evil that thou should fall,
even thou, and Judah with thee?
11
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, looked each other in the face at Bethshemesh, which
is in Judah.
12
But Judah fell before Israel, and they fled each man to their tents.
13
Furthermore, Jehoash, king of Israel, took Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14
And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasury of the king’s house and the sons as hostages and returned to Samaria.
15
Now the rest 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?
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And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his stead.
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And Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
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And the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and slew him there.
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And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.