2 Kings 14 In the second year of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel, Amessias son of Joas king of Juda, began his reign.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In the second year of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel, Amessias son of Joas king of Juda, began his reign. ² He was twenty five years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Joadim of Jerusalem. ³ And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not like his father David. According to all that his father Joas had done, he did. ⁴ But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ⁵ And when the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he smote his servants who had slain his father. ⁶ But the children of the murderers he did not put to death. As it is written in the book of the laws of Moses; as the Lord commanded saying, Fathers shall not be put to death for children; nor shall children be put to death for fathers; for every one shall die for his own sins. ⁷ He smote of Edom in Gemeled ten thousand and took Petra by war and called its name Jethoel which it now hath. ⁸ Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Jehu king of Israel saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. ⁹ Whereupon Joas king of Israel, sent to Amessias king of Juda, saying, The thistle which is on Libanus sent to the cedar on Libanus saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but the wild beasts of the field in traversing Libanus trampled down the thistle. ¹⁰ Thou hast smitten Idumea, and thy heart is elated. Enjoy thy glory at home. Why seekest thou a quarrel to thy hurt, that thou shouldst fall and Juda with thee? ¹¹ But Amessias would not hearken. Therefore Joas king of Israel went up. And he and Amessias king of Juda met each other at Baithsamus in Juda. ¹² And Juda gave way before Israel and fled every man to his tent. ¹³ And Joas king of Israel took Amessias son of Joas son of Ochozias at Baithsamus, and came to Jerusalem, and demolished of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim, to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits. ¹⁴ And he took the gold and silver and all the vessels which were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and hostages for the performance of their agreements, and returned to Samaria. ¹⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Joas and all the exploits which he performed in his war with Amessias king of Juda, are they not written in the journal of the kings of Israel? ¹⁶ And Joas slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. ¹⁷ Amessias son of Joas king of Juda, lived after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel, fifteen years. ¹⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Amessias and all that he did, are they not written in the journal of the kings of Juda? ¹⁹ A conspiracy being formed against him in Jerusalem he fled to Lachis, but they sent after him to Lachis and there put him to death. ²⁰ But they brought him on horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. ²¹ Afterwards all the people of Juda took Azarias when he was sixteen years old and made him king in the room of his father Amessias. ²² He rebuilt Ailoth and recovered it for Juda after the king slept with his fathers. ²³ In the fifteenth year of Amessias son of .Joas king of Juda Jeroboam son of Joas reigned over Israel in Samaria. His reign was forty one years. ²⁴ And he did evil in sight of the Lord. He departed not from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nabat who had caused Israel to sin. ²⁵ He extended the border of Israel from the bay of Aimath to the sea of Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by the ministry of his servant Jonas son of Amathi the prophet of Gethchopher. ²⁶ For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, that they were few in number, closely confined, reduced to penury and forsaken; and that there was no helper for Israel; ²⁷ And the Lord had said that he would not blot out the seed of Israel from under heaven. Therefore he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joas. ²⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his exploits, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus and Aimath which belonged to Juda, for Israel; are they not written in the journal of the kings of Israel? ²⁹ And Jeroboam slept with his fathers; with the kings of Israel, and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead.