2 Kings Chapter 14
So, in the second year of Joash, Jehoahaz's kid ruling Israel, Amaziah, Joash's son, was the boss in Judah. Major vibes.
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
He was only 25 when he kicked off his reign and held it down for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mom? Jehoaddan, straight outta Jerusalem.
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
He did what was solid in God’s eyes, but not quite like his dad David; he was just copying Joash, no cap.
And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
For real though, they didn’t tear down the high places; the people kept vibing with their sacrifices and incense on those spots.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
Once he had the kingdom on lock, he dealt with the servants who had taken out his dad, savage move.
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
But he left the kids of those killers alone, sticking to the biblical rules: parents can’t be punished for their kids' sins, and vice versa, periodt.
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
He took out ten thousand Edomites in the salt valley and snagged Selah in battle, naming it Joktheel, and it’s still that way today. Lit.
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. {Selah: or, the rock}
Then Amaziah hit up Jehoash, Jehoahaz's son, king of Israel, saying, "Yo, let’s throw down."
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
Jehoash came back, saying the thistle in Lebanon hit up the cedar, asking for his daughter’s hand, but a wild beast stomped on that thistle. Sus.
And Jehoash the 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.
You wrecked Edom, and now you're feeling yourself: chill and stay home; why dive into drama, risking a fall for you and Judah?
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory {of this}, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to {thy} hurt, that thou shouldest fall, {even} thou, and Judah with thee? {at home: Heb. at thy house}
But Amaziah was like, "Nah fam," so Jehoash, the king of Israel, rolled up; they squared off at Beth-shemesh, which is totally Judah's territory.
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which {belongeth} to Judah.
Judah took a massive L against Israel; everyone bounced back to their tents, no cap.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. {put...: Heb. smitten}
Jehoash, king of Israel, caught Amaziah, king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, then rolled to Jerusalem and wrecked the wall from Ephraim Gate to the corner gate, like, four hundred cubits.
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
He scooped up all the gold and silver, plus all the holy stuff found in the Lord's crib and the king’s stash, then dipped back to Samaria.
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
So, all the other epic things Jehoash did and how he fought Amaziah, aren't those in the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Jehoash chilled with his fam, got buried in Samaria with the kings, and his son Jeroboam stepped up.
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
Amaziah, Joash's son, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after Jehoash, Jehoahaz's son, king of Israel, kicked the bucket.
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
And all the other things Amaziah did, aren't those in the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
They plotted against him in Jerusalem; he bounced to Lachish, but they sent the squad after him and took him out there.
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
They brought him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fam in the city of David.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
Everyone in Judah was like, “Let’s make Azariah, this 16-year-old, king instead of his dad Amaziah.”
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which {was} sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah}
He built up Elath and brought it back for Judah, then the king went to chill with his ancestors.
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, Joash's son, Jeroboam, came through as king in Samaria and flexed for 41 years.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, {and reigned} forty and one years.
But he was straight-up sus in God's eyes, not budging from all the sins of Jeroboam, Nebat's son, who got Israel to mess up.
And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
He brought back the coast of Israel from Hamath to the sea of the plain, just like the Lord told His dude Jonah, the prophet from Gath–hepher.
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which {was} of Gathhepher.
The Lord saw how rough it was for Israel, major bitter vibes: no one was locked up, no one left, and no backup for Israel.
For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, {that it was} very bitter: for {there was} not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
But the Lord wasn’t about to wipe out Israel’s name from the heavens; He came through for them thanks to Jeroboam, Joash's son.
And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
Now, all the other stuff Jeroboam did, his strength, how he fought, and how he got back Damascus and Hamath for Israel—ain’t that in the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, {which belonged} to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Jeroboam went to chill with his ancestors, just like the kings of Israel; then his son Zachariah took the throne.
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, {even} with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.