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2 Chronicles 25

3 Amaziáh putteth them to death which slewe his father. 10 He sendeth backe them of Israel 11 H. ouercometh the Edomites. 14 He falleth to idolatrie 17 And Ioásh King of Israel ouercommeth Amaziáh. 27 He is slayne by a conspiracie.
1.AMaziáh was fiue and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, & he reigned nine and twentie yere in Ieruſalém: & his mothers name was Iehoaddán, of Ieruſalém.
2.And he did vprightly in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a perfite heart.
3.And when the kingdome was eſtabliſhed vnto him, he ſlewe his ſeruants, that had ſlayne the King his father.
4.But he ſlewe not their children, but did, as it is writen in the Law, & in the boke of Moſés, where the Lord commanded, ſaying, The fathers ſhal not dye for the children, nether ſhal the children dye for the fathers, but euerie man ſhal dye for his owne ſinne.
5.¶ And Amaziáh aſſembled Iudáh, and made them captaines ouer thouſands, & captaines ouer hundreths according to the houſes of their fathers, throughout all Iudáh and Beniamín: & he nombred them from twentie yere olde and aboue, and founde among them thre hundreth thouſand choſen mē, to go forthe to the warre, and to handle ſpeare and ſhield.
6.He hyred alſo an hundreth thouſand valiant men out of Iſraél for an hundreth talents of ſiluer.
7.But a man of God came to him, ſaying, O King, let not the armie of Iſraél go with thee: for the Lord is not with Iſraél, nether with all the houſe of Ephráim.
8.If not, go thou on, do it, make thy ſelfe ſtrong to the battel, but God ſhal make thee fall before ye enemie: for God hath power to helpe, and to caſt downe.
9.And Amaziáh ſaid to the man of God, What ſhal we do then for the hundreth talents, wc I haue giuen to the hoſte of Iſraél? Then ye man of God anſwered, The Lord is able to giue thee more then this.
10.So Amaziáh ſeparated the, to wit, the armie that was come to him out of Ephráim, to returne to their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled greatly againſt Iudáh, and they returned to their places with great angre.
11.Then Amaziah was encouraged, and led forthe his people, & went to the ſalt valley, and ſmote of the children of Seír, ten thouſand.
12.And other ten thouſand did the children of Iudáh take aliue, and caryed them to the toppe of a rocke, and caſt the downe from the toppe of the rocke, and they all burſt to pieces.
13.But the men of the armie, which Amaziáh ſent away, that they ſhulde not go with his people to battel, fell vpon the cities of Iudáh from Samaria vnto Beth-horón, and ſmote thre thouſand of them, and toke muche ſpoyle.
14.Now after that Amaziáh was come frō the ſlaughter of the Edomites, he broght the gods of the children of Seír, and ſet them vp to be his gods, and worſhiped them, and burned incenſe vnto them.
15.Wherefore the Lord was wroth with Amaziáh, and ſent vnto him a Prophet, which ſaid vnto him, Why haſt yu ſoght the gods of the people, which were not able to deliuer their owne people out of thine hand?
16.And as he talked with him, he ſaid vnto him, Haue thei made thee ye Kings counſeler? ceaſe thou: why ſhulde they ſmite thee? And the Prophet ceaſed, but ſaid, I knowe that God hath determined to deſtroye thee, becauſe thou haſt done this, and haſt not obeyed my counſel.
17.¶ Then Amaziáh King of Iudáh toke counſel, and ſent to Ioáſh the ſonne of Iehoahaz, the ſonne of Iehú King of Iſraél, ſaying, Come, let vs ſe one another in the face.
18.But Ioáſh King of Iſraél ſent to Amaziáh King of Iudáh, ſaying, The thiſtle that is in Lebanón, ſent to the cedre that is in Lebanón, ſaying, Giue thy daughter to my ſonne to wife: & the wilde beaſt that was in Lebanón went & trode downe the thiſtle.
19.Thou thinkeſt: lo, thou haſt ſmiten Edóm, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doeſt thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou ſhuldeſt fall, and Iudáh with thee?
20.But Amaziáh wolde not heare: for it was of God, that he might deliuer them into his hand, becauſe they had ſoght the gods of Edóm.
21.So Ioáſh the King of Iſraél went vp: & he, and Amaziáh King of Iudáh ſawe one another in the face at Bethſhémeſh, which is in Iudáh.
22.And Iudáh was put to the worſe before Iſraél, and they fled euerie man to his tents.
23.But Ioáſh the King of Iſraél toke Amaziáh King of Iudáh, the ſonne of Ioáſh, the ſonne of Iehoaház in Bethſhémeſh, & broght him to Ieruſalém, & brake downe the wall of Ieruſalém, from the gate of Ephráim vnto the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.
24.And he toke all the golde and the ſiluer, and all the veſſels that were founde in the houſe of God with Obéd Edóm, and in the treaſures of the Kings houſe, and the children that were in hoſtage, & returned to Samaria.
25.And Amaziáh the ſonne of Ioáſh Kig of Iudáh liued after the death of Ioáſh ſonne of Iehoaház King of Iſraél, fiftene yere.
26.Cõcerning the reſt of the actes of Amaziáh firſt & laſt, are they not writen in the boke of the Kings of Iudáh and Iſraél?
27.Now after the time that Amaziáh did turne away from the Lord, they wroght treaſon againſt him in Ieruſalém: & when he was fled to Lachiſh, thei ſet to Lachiſh after him, and ſlewe him there.
28.And thei broght him vpon horſes, & buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Iudáh.

Notes

1:*.
2 King 14.2.
2:a.
Meaning, in reſpect of his predeceſſers, albeit he had his imperfections.
4:*.
Deut 24.16. 2 king. 14.6. iere. 31.30. ezech. 18.20.
4:b.
That is, for ye faute wherefore ye childe is puniſhed, except he be culpable of the ſame
5:c.
So many as were able men to beare weapons & go to the warre
6:d.
That is, out of the ten tribes, which had ſeparated them ſelues before, bothe from God and their true King
7:e.
And therefore to thinke to haue helpe of thē, whome the Lord fauoreth not, is to caſt of the helpe of the Lord
8:f.
If thou wilt not giue credit to my wordes
9:g.
He ſheweth that if we depēd onely vpō God, we ſhal not nede to be troubled with theſe worldlie reſpects: for he wil giue at all times that wc ſhalbe neceſſarie, if we obey his worde
11:h.
For the Iedumeans whome Dauid had broght to ſubiectiō, rebelled vnder Iehorám Iehoſhaphats ſonne i in the 2. kīg 14,7 this rocke is called Sēla
12:i.
in the 2. kīg 14,7 this rocke is called Sēla
13:k.
That is, the hūdreth thouſand of Iſrael.
14:l.
Thus where he ſhulde haue giuen the praiſe to God for his benefites and great victorie, he fel from God, and did moſt vilely diſhonour hī.
15:m.
He proueth that whatſoeuer can not ſaue hi ſelfe, nor his worſhipers, is no God but an idole
16:n.
Meaning, the King
16:o.
So hard it is for the carnal man to be admoniſhed for his faute, that he contēneth, mocketh & threatneth him that warneth him yea, impriſoneth him & puteth him to death.
17:p.
That is, let vs trye ye matter hand to hand for he was offended, th t the armie of the Iſraelites, whome ne had in wages, & diſmiſſed by the counſel of the Prophet, had deſtroyed certeine of the cities of Iudah
18:*.
2 Chro 16,10 & 18,26 & 24, 21
20:q.
Thus God oft times plagueth by thoſe meanes, wherein mē moſt truſt, to teache them to haue their recourſe onely to Him and to ſhewe his iudgemēte, moueth their hearts to folowe yc which ſhalbe their deſtruction.
24:?.
Meaning, the ſucceſſers of Obéd Edóm: for the houſe bare the name of the chief father.
27:*.
2.King. 14, 19