2 Chronicles 25 Amasias was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Joadaen of Jerusalem;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Amasias was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Joadaen of Jerusalem; ² and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. ³ Now when the kingdom was established in his hand, he put to death his servants who had slain the king his father. ⁴ But, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, he did not put to death their children, as it is written; as the Lord commanded saying, Fathers shall not be put to death for children; nor shall children be put to death for fathers; but they shall die every one for his own crime ⁵ Then Amasias assembled the house of Juda and appointed them according to the houses of their patriarchal families, to be captains of thousands and captains of hundreds throughout all Juda and Jerusalem. And having numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, he found them to be three hundred thousand, able to go forth to war armed with spears and shields. ⁶ Then he hired from Israel a hundred chiliads, men mighty in power, for a hundred talents of silver. ⁷ But there came to him a man of God and said, king, the army of Israel must not go with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel. ⁸ For if thou thinkest to strengthen thyself with any of these Ephraimites, the Lord will rout thee before the enemy; for it is in the power of the Lord to strengthen or to rout. ⁹ And Amasias said to the man of God, But what must I do in respect to the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? To which the man of God replied, It is in the power of the Lord to give thee more than that. ¹⁰ Then Amasias separated from the army which had come to him from Ephraim, that they might go to their place. Thereupon they were greatly incensed against Juda, and returned to their place in a rage. ¹¹ And Amasias strengthened himself, and took his own people and went to the valley of salt, and there smote of the sons of Seir ten thousand. ¹² And the children of Juda took ten thousand alive and carried them to the top of a precipice, and threw them down from the top of the precipice, so that they were all dashed to pieces. ¹³ Now the soldiers of the army which Amasias had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, had fallen on the cities of Juda from Samaria to Baithoron and had smitten of them three thousand, and carried off much spoil. ¹⁴ And it happened that after Amasias came from smiting Idumea, a person brought him the gods of the children of Seir, and he set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and sacrificed to them: ¹⁵ therefore the wrath of the Lord was against Amasias, and he sent a prophet to him and said to him, Why hast thou sought the gods of this people, which could not deliver their own people out of thy hand? ¹⁶ But while the prophet was speaking to him lie said to him, Have I made thee a counsellor of the king? Forbear, lest thou be scourged. Thereupon the prophet held his peace, for I know, said he, that he hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel. ¹⁷ Then Amasias king of Juda took counsel and sent to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come and let us look each other in the face. ¹⁸ Upon which Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda saying, The thistle on Libanus sent to the cedar on Libanus saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife. But lo! the wild beasts on Libanus will come; nay the wild beasts on Libanus did come and trample down the thistle. ¹⁹ Thou hast said, Behold I have smitten Idumea, therefore thy stupid heart lifteth thee up. Abide now at home: why dost thou take counsel to thy hurt, that thou mayest fall and Juda with thee? ²⁰ But Amasias would not hearken, for the Lord had determined to deliver him up, because he sought the gods of the Idumeans. ²¹ So Joas king of Israel went up; and he and Amasias king of Juda looked each other in the face at Baithsamys, which belongeth to Juda. ²² And Juda was routed before Israel, and fled every man to his habitation. ²³ And Joas king of Israel took Amasias king of Juda, son of Joas, son of Joachaz, at Baithsamys and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits; ²⁴ and he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels found in the house of the Lord, and in the custody of Abdedom; and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and 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 Now the rest of the acts of Amasias, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel? ²⁷ And when Amasias departed wholly from the Lord, they formed a conspiracy against him; whereupon he fled from Jerusalem to Lachis; but they sent after him to Lachis, and there put him to death, ²⁸ and they brought him up on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of David.