12
And Juda was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to their dwellings.
13
But Joas, king of Israel, took Amasias, king of Juda, the son of Joas, the son of Ochozias, in Bethsames, and brought him into Jerusalem; and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the gate of the corner, 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 king’s treasures, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15
But the rest of the acts of Joas, which he did, and his valour, wherewith he fought against Amasias, king of Juda, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
16
And Joas 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 Amasias, the son of Joas, king of Juda, lived after the death of Joas, son of Joachaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
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And the rest of the acts of Amasias, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
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Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachis. And they sent after him to Lachis, and killed him there.
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And they brought him away upon horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers, in the city of David.
21
And all the people of Juda took Azarias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father, Amasias.
22
He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.