Amaziah Reigns in Judah (2 Chronicles 25:1–4)
2 UDB He was twenty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddan. She was from Jerusalem. BSB BSB: He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
3 UDB Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done. BSB BSB: And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
4 UDB But, like his father, he did not tear down the other places for worshiping Yahweh. The people continued to burn incense to honor Yahweh in those place instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
5 UDB As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he made his servants execute the officials who had murdered his father. BSB BSB: As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
6 UDB But he did not tell his servants to execute those officials' children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: "Parents must not be executed for the crimes committed by their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed." BSB BSB: Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
7 UDB Amaziah's soldiers killed ten thousand soldiers of the Edomite people in the Valley of Salt south of the Dead Sea, and they captured the city of Sela and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name. BSB BSB: Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
Jehoash Defeats Amaziah (2 Chronicles 25:17–24)
8 UDB Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying, "Come here and let us and our armies fight each other in battle." BSB BSB: Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
9 UDB But King Jehoash replied with this parable to King Amaziah: "Once a thornbush growing in the mountains in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son so that he may marry her.' But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it." BSB BSB: But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
10 UDB The meaning of what I am saying is that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom; you should allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble by fighting against us, you will surely cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people." BSB BSB: You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
11 UDB But Amaziah refused to pay attention to Jehoash's message. So Jehoash and Amaziah led their armies to Beth Shemesh in Judah, and it was there that their armies came together to fight each other. BSB BSB: But Amaziah would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
12 UDB The Israelite army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home. BSB BSB: And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
13 UDB Jehoash's army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section of wall about 180 meters long. BSB BSB: There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
14 UDB Jehoash's soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, all the objects that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace; they took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners to make sure that Amaziah would cause them no more trouble. BSB BSB: He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel 15 UDB All the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he and his army fought against the army of King Amaziah of Judah, are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel. BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
16 UDB Jehoash died, and he was buried in Samaria where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king. BSB BSB: And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
The Death of Amaziah (2 Chronicles 25:25–28)
17 UDB Amaziah king of Judah lived for fifteen more years after Jehoash king of Israel died. BSB BSB: Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
18 UDB Everything else that Amaziah did is written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah. BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
19 UDB Some people in Jerusalem plotted against him, so he fled to the city of Lachish. But they followed him there and killed him. BSB BSB: And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
20 UDB They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried in the part of Jerusalem called the city of David. BSB BSB: They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
Azariah Succeeds Amaziah in Judah (2 Chronicles 26:1–2)
21 UDB Then all the people of Judah appointed Azariah, whose father was Amaziah, to be their king. He became king when he was sixteen years old. BSB BSB: Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
22 UDB After Azariah's father Amaziah died, Azariah's army captured the city of Elath, and it came under the control of Judah again. BSB BSB: Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel 23 UDB When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost fifteen years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in the city of Samaria for forty-one years. BSB BSB: In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
24 UDB He did many things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed, sins that had induced the Israelite people to also sin. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
26 UDB That happened because Yahweh saw that the Israelites' enemies were causing the Israelites to suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one who would help them. BSB BSB: For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
27 UDB But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them. BSB BSB: and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
28 UDB Everything else that Jeroboam did, how he courageously fought in battle and how he enabled the Israelites to capture again the cities of Damascus and Hamath, are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel. BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
29 UDB Jeroboam died and was buried where the other kings of Israel were buried, and his son Zechariah became the king. BSB BSB: And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
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