1	Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign# , and he reigned# twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
			2	And he did# that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
			3	Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established# to him, that he slew# his servants that had killed# the king his father. [established...: Heb. confirmed upon him]
			4	But he slew# not their children, but did as it is written# in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded# , saying# , The fathers shall not die# for the children, neither shall the children die# for the fathers, but every man shall die# for his own sin.
			5	Moreover Amaziah gathered# Judah together# , and made# them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered# them from twenty years old and above, and found# them three hundred thousand choice# men, able to go forth# to war, that could handle# spear and shield.
			6	He hired# also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
			7	But there came# a man of God to him, saying# , O king, let not the army of Israel go# with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
			8	But if thou wilt go# , do# it , be strong# for the battle: God shall make thee fall# before the enemy# : for God hath power to help# , and to cast down# .
			9	And Amaziah said# to the man of God, But what shall we do# for the hundred talents which I have given# to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered# , The LORD is able to give# thee much more# than this. [army: Heb. band]
			10	Then Amaziah separated# them, to wit , the army that was come# to him out of Ephraim, to go# home again# : wherefore their anger was greatly kindled# against Judah, and they returned# home in great anger. [home again: Heb. to their place] [in great...: Heb. in heat of anger]
			11	And Amaziah strengthened# himself, and led forth# his people, and went# to the valley of salt, and smote# of the children of Seir ten thousand.
			12	And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive# , and brought# them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down# from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces# .
			13	But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back# , that they should not go# with him to battle, fell# upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote# three thousand of them, and took# much spoil. [the soldiers...: Heb. the sons of the band]
			14	Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come# from the slaughter# of the Edomites, that he brought# the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up# to be his gods, and bowed down# himself before them, and burned incense# unto them.
			15	Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled# against Amaziah, and he sent# unto him a prophet, which said# unto him, Why hast thou sought# after the gods of the people, which could not deliver# their own people out of thine hand?
			16	And it came to pass, as he talked# with him, that the king said# unto him, Art thou made# of the king's counsel# ? forbear# ; why shouldest thou be smitten# ? Then the prophet forbare# , and said# , I know# that God hath determined# to destroy# thee, because thou hast done# this, and hast not hearkened# unto my counsel. [determined: Heb. counselled]
			17	Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice# , and sent# to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying# , Come# , let us see one another# in the face.
			18	And Joash king of Israel sent# to Amaziah king of Judah, saying# , The thistle 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. [thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn] [a wild...: Heb. a beast of the field]
			19	Thou sayest# , Lo, thou hast smitten# the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up# to boast# : abide# now at home; why shouldest thou meddle# to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall# , even thou, and Judah with thee?
			20	But Amaziah would not hear# ; for it came of God, that he might deliver# them into the hand of their enemies , because they sought# after the gods of Edom.
			21	So Joash the king of Israel went up# ; and they saw one another# in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
			22	And Judah was put to the worse# before Israel, and they fled# every man to his tent. [put...: Heb. smitten]
			23	And Joash the king of Israel took# Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought# him to Jerusalem, and brake down# the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner# gate, four hundred cubits. [the corner...: Heb. the gate of it that looketh]
			24	And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found# in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages# also, and returned# to Samaria.
			25	And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived# after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen# years.
			26	Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written# in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
			27	Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away# from following the LORD they made# a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled# to Lachish: but they sent# to Lachish after him, and slew# him there. [from...: Heb. from after] [made...: Heb. conspired a conspiracy]
			28	And they brought# him upon horses, and buried# him with his fathers in the city of Judah. [Judah: that is, the city of David]