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that thou shouldest fall,
even
thou, and Judah with thee?
20
But Amaziah would not hear; for it
came
of God, that he might deliver them into the hand
of their enemies,
because they sought after the
gods of Edom.
21
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face,
both
he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth- shemesh, which
belongeth
to Judah.
22
And Judah was put
to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
23
And Joash the king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him
to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate,
four hundred cubits.
24
And
he took
all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found
in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and
returned to Samaria.
25
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years.
26
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold,
are
they
not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the L
ORD
they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him,
and slew him there.
28
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the
city of Judah.
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Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who
was
sixteen years old, and made him king in the
room of his father Amaziah.
2
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with
his fathers.
3
Sixteen years old
was
Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two
years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4
And he did
that which
was
right in the sight of the L
ORD
, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
5
And he sought
God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he
sought the L
ORD
, God made him to prosper.
6
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines,
and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities
about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against
the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
8
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah:
and his name spread abroad
even
to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened
himself
exceedingly.
9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the
turning
of the wall,
and fortified them.
10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells:
for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen
also,
and vine
dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
11
Moreover Uzziah had an host
of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the
hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah,
one
of the king’s
captains.
12
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour
were
two
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