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Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king.
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King Amaziah of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
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Everything else that Amaziah did is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.]
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There was a plot in Jerusalem to assassinate Amaziah, so he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him.
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His body was carried back to Jerusalem on a horse and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City.
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The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king.
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Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.
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In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash as king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for forty-one years.
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He sinned against the Lord, following the wicked example of his predecessor King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
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He reconquered all the territory that had belonged to Israel, from Hamath Pass in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. This was what the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised through his servant the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath Hepher.
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The Lord saw the terrible suffering of the Israelites; there was no one at all to help them.