2 Chronicles 25
1 Amasias began to reign when he was
twenty and five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and
his mother's name was Joadaen of Jerusalem.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
3 And it came to pass, when the
kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain
the king his father. 4 But he slew not
their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is
written, and as the Lord commanded, saying, The
fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the
fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin.
5 And Amasias assembled the house of
Juda, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem: and
he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three
hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.
6 Also he hired of Israel a hundred
thousand mighty men for a hundred talents of silver.
7 And there came a man of God to him,
saying, O king, let not the host of Israel go with thee; for the Lord is not
with Israel, even all the sons of Ephraim.
8 For if thou shalt undertake to
strengthen thyself with these, then the Lord shall
put thee to flight before the enemies: for it is of the Lord both to
strengthen and to put to flight. 9 And
Amasias said to the man of God, But what shall I do
for the hundred talents which I have given to the
army of Israel? And the man of God said, The Lord can give thee much more than
these.
10 And Amasias separated from the
army that came to him from Ephraim, that they might go away to their place;
and they were very angry with Juda, and they returned to their place with
great wrath. 11 And Amasias
strengthened himself, and took his people, and went
to the valley of salt, and smote there the children of Seir ten thousand.
12 And the children of Juda took ten
thousand prisoners, and they carried them to the top of the precipice, and
cast them headlong from the top of the precipice, and they were all dashed to
pieces. 13 And the men of the host
whom Amasias sent back so that they should not go with him to battle,
went and attacked the cities of Juda, from Samaria to
Bæthoron; and they smote three thousand among them, and took much spoil.
14 And it came to pass, after Amasias
had returned from smiting Idumea, that he brought home the gods of the
children of Seir, and set them up for himself as gods, and bowed down before
them, and he sacrificed to them.
15 And the anger of the Lord came
upon Amasias, and he sent him a prophet, and he said to him, Why hast thou
sought the gods of the people, which have not rescued their own people out of
thine hand? 16 And it came to pass
when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee
king's counsellor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore,
and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to
destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my
counsel.
17 And Amasias king of Juda took
counsel, and sent to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jeu, king of Israel, saying,
Come, and let us look one another in the face.
18 And Joas king of Israel sent to
Amasias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the
cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but,
behold, the wild beasts of the field that are in Libanus shall come: and the
wild beasts did come, and trod down the thistle.
19 Thou hast said, Behold, I have
smitten Idumea, and thy stout heart exalts thee: now stay at home; for why
dost thou implicate thyself in mischief, that thou shouldest fall, and Juda
with thee?
20 Nevertheless Amasias hearkened
not, for it was of the Lord to deliver him into
the enemy's hands, because he sought after the gods
of the Idumeans. 21 So Joas king of
Israel went up; and they saw one another, he and Amasias king of Juda, in
Bæthsamys, which is of Juda. 22 And
Juda was put to flight before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
23 And Joas king of Israel took
prisoner Amasias king of Juda, son of Joas, son of
Joachaz, in Bæthsamys, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down
part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24 And
he took all the gold and the silver, and all the
vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and with Abdedom, and the
treasures of the king's house, and the hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
25 And Amasias the
son of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of
Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26 And the rest of the acts of
Amasias, the first and the last, lo! are they not written in the book of the
kings of Juda and Israel? 27 And at
the time when Amasias departed from the Lord, then they formed a conspiracy
against him; and he fled from Jerusalem to Lachis: and they sent after him to
Lachis, and slew him there. 28 And
they took him up on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of
David.