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II Chronicles
Chapter 25
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.
{Amaziah
was an Immature Believer}
2
And he did that which was right
in
the sight of Jehovah/God,
but
not with a perfect heart/'right lobe'.
{a perfect or complete heart refers to a believer with
doctrine in his soul that he applies to experience}
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.
4
But he slew not their children,
but
did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses,
where
Jehovah/God 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 valor
out
of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
7
But there came a man of 'Elohiym/Godhead to him, saying,
O
king, let not the army of Israel go with you;
for
Jehovah/God is not with Israel, to wit,
with
all the children of Ephraim.
8
But if you will go, do it, be strong for the battle . . .
'Elohiym/Godhead
shall make you fall before the enemy . . .
for
'Elohiym/Godhead has power to help, and to cast down.
9
And Amaziah said to the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
But
what shall we do for the hundred talents
which
I have given to the army of Israel?
And
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead answered,
Jehovah/God
is able to give you much more than this.
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.
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.
14
Now it came to pass,
after
that Amaziah was come
from
the slaughter of the Edomites,
that
he brought the gods/'elohiym of the children of Seir,
and
set them up to be his gods/'elohiym,
and
bowed down himself before them,
and
burned incense unto them.
15
Wherefore the anger of Jehovah/God
was
kindled against Amaziah,
and
he sent unto him a prophet,
who
said unto him,
Why
have you sought after the gods/'elohiym of the people,
which
could not deliver their own people out of your hand?
16
And it came to pass,
as
he talked with him,
that
the king said unto him,
are
you made of the king's counsel?
Forbear;
why should you be smitten?
Then
the prophet forbore, and said,
I
know that 'Elohiym/Godhead has determined
to
destroy you,
because
you have done this,
and
have not hearkened unto my counsel.
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
Your daughter to my son to wife
and
there passed by a wild beast
that
was in Lebanon,
and
trode down the thistle.
19
You say, Lo, you have smitten the Edomites;
and
your heart/'right lobe' lifts you up to boast . . .
abide
now at home;
why
should you meddle to your hurt,
that
you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
20
But Amaziah would not hear;
for
it came of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
that
he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies,
because
they sought after the gods/'elohiym 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 belonged to Judah.
22
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel,
and
they fled every man to his tent.
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
broke down 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 'Elohiym/Godhead 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 Jehovah/God
they
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem;
and
he fled to Lachish
but
they sent to Lachish after him,
and
slew him there.
28
And they brought him upon horses,
and
buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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