1.
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
am 3165, bc 839
Joash: 2 Kings 14:15, 2 Kings 13:10
reigned Amaziah: 1 Chronicles 3:12, 2 Chronicles 25:1-4
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:17 - Amaziah
2.
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.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:17 - Amaziah
3.
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.
am 3165-3194, bc 839-810
he did: 2 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 15:3, 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 25:3
he did according: 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:17, 2 Chronicles 25:14-16, Jeremiah 16:19, Zechariah 1:4-6, 1 Peter 1:18
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:43 - the high 2 Kings 15:3 - General 2 Kings 16:2 - did not 2 Chronicles 17:3 - he walked Jeremiah 34:15 - ye
4.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
the high places: 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:3 - only he 1 Kings 15:14 - the high places 1 Kings 22:43 - the high 2 Kings 18:4 - removed 2 Chronicles 15:17 - the high places 2 Chronicles 25:2 - but not Isaiah 65:7 - burned
5.
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.
am 3166, bc 838
that he slew: Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12-14, Numbers 35:33
his servants: 2 Kings 12:20, 2 Kings 12:21, 2 Chronicles 25:3, 2 Chronicles 25:4
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:16 - General 2 Kings 15:19 - to confirm 2 Kings 21:24 - the people of the land slew
6.
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.
The fathers: Deuteronomy 24:16, Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20
Reciprocal: Joshua 8:31 - as it is 2 Chronicles 25:4 - as it is written Daniel 6:24 - their children
7.
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.
am 3177, bc 827
slew: 2 Kings 8:20-22, 2 Chronicles 25:11, 2 Chronicles 25:12
the valley of salt: Some suppose that the Valley of Salt was south of the Dead, or Salt Sea, towards the land of Edom; and others suppose it to be the Valley of Salt, about three or four miles south-east of Palmyra, which now supplies, in a great measure, the surrounding country with salt. 2 Samuel 8:13, 1 Chronicles 18:12, Psalms 60:1, *title
Selah: or, the rock, Selah is generally supposed to be the same as Petra, which in Greek signifies a rock, the celebrated capital of Arabia Petrea. Strabo places it three or four days' journey from Jericho, and five days' journey from the forest of palm trees on the Red Sea. Pliny places it 600 miles from Gaza, and 125 from the Persian Gulf; but Cellarius and Reland very justly consider that the numbers have been changed, and that we ought to read 125 miles from Gaza, and 600 from the Persian Gulf. Eusebius places Beerothbenejaakan 30 miles west from Petra, and Elath ten miles east; and Burckhardt discovered the ruins of this ancient city in a valley called Wady Mousa.
Joktheel: Joshua 15:38
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:40 - serve Isaiah 16:1 - from Obadiah 1:3 - thou
8.
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.
am 3178, bc 826
Amaziah: 2 Chronicles 25:17-24
Come: 2 Kings 14:11, 2 Samuel 2:14-17, Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 18:6, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 25:8
Reciprocal: Judges 9:29 - Increase thine army Judges 9:38 - General Judges 11:12 - What hast 1 Samuel 14:12 - Come up to us 1 Kings 20:18 - General 2 Kings 13:9 - Joash 2 Kings 13:12 - his might 2 Kings 23:29 - he had seen him Proverbs 26:4 - General
9.
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.
The thistle: Judges 9:8-15, 2 Samuel 12:1-4, 1 Kings 4:33, Ezekiel 20:49, The word choach, which is rendered here, and in 2 Chronicles 25:18, Job 31:18, thistle, in 1 Samuel 13:6, thicket in Isaiah 34:13, bramble, and in 2 Chronicles 33:11, Proverbs 26:9, Song of Solomon 2:2, Hosea 9:6, thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the prunus spinosa of Linneus, as the same word signifies in Arabic. There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash; but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah - 2 Chronicles 25:10-13. The comparatively useless thorn, which may by chance lacerate the incautious passenger, is made the emblem of the house of Judah and David, while the house of Jehu is represented by the stately cedar.
Reciprocal: Judges 8:6 - General Judges 9:14 - bramble Judges 9:15 - the cedars Judges 14:2 - get her Job 31:40 - thistles Proverbs 20:3 - but 1 Corinthians 12:15 - General Galatians 6:14 - that I
10.
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?
thine heart: Deuteronomy 8:14, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:25, Proverbs 16:18, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:5, Ezekiel 38:17, Daniel 5:20-23, Habakkuk 2:4, James 4:6
glory of this: Exodus 8:9, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, James 1:9
home: Heb. thy house
why shouldest: 2 Chronicles 35:21, Proverbs 3:30, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 25:8, Proverbs 26:17, Luke 14:31, Luke 14:32
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:40 - serve Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart Judges 9:52 - General 2 Samuel 2:22 - wherefore Proverbs 13:10 - Only Ecclesiastes 8:9 - there is Daniel 5:23 - lifted Daniel 11:12 - his heart Habakkuk 2:5 - keepeth 1 Timothy 3:6 - lest
11.
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 Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
Amaziah: 2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 25:20
Bethshemesh: Joshua 19:38, Joshua 21:16, 1 Samuel 6:9-19
Reciprocal: Joshua 19:22 - Bethshemesh Judges 11:28 - General 2 Kings 14:8 - Come 2 Kings 23:29 - he had seen him
12.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
was put to the worse: Heb. was smitten
they fled: 1 Samuel 4:10, 2 Samuel 18:17, 1 Kings 22:36
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 19:8 - for Israel Amos 6:13 - Have
13.
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
took Amaziah: 2 Kings 25:6, 2 Chronicles 33:11, 2 Chronicles 36:6, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Job 40:11, Job 40:12, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 29:23, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:12, Daniel 4:37, Luke 14:11
the gate of Ephraim: 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:24, Nehemiah 8:16, Nehemiah 12:39
the corner: Jeremiah 31:38, Zechariah 14:10
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 26:9 - the corner gate
14.
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.
all the gold: 2 Kings 24:13, 2 Kings 25:15, 1 Kings 7:51, 1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 15:18
and hostages: 2 Kings 18:23, *marg.
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 25:24 - all the gold Isaiah 36:8 - pledges
15.
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?
am 3163-3179, bc 841-825
the rest: 2 Kings 10:34, 2 Kings 10:35, 2 Kings 13:12, 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 14:20
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:1 - Joash 2 Kings 14:28 - the rest 2 Chronicles 25:26 - rest of the acts
16.
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
am 3179, bc 825
Jehoash: 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 1:21
was buried: 2 Kings 13:9
Jeroboam: 2 Kings 13:13, Hosea 1:1, Amos 1:1, Amos 7:10, Amos 7:11
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:1 - In the 2 Kings 15:8 - the thirty 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam
17.
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
am 3179-3194, bc 825-810
Amaziah: 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:2, 2 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 13:10, 2 Chronicles 25:25-28
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:1 - In the 2 Kings 15:8 - the thirty
18.
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings 13:8, 2 Kings 13:12, 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 14:29
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:6 - they not written
19.
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.
am 3194, bc 810
they made: 2 Kings 12:20, 2 Kings 12:21, 2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 21:23, 2 Chronicles 25:27, 2 Chronicles 25:28
fled to Lachish: Joshua 10:31, Micah 1:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:28 - General 2 Chronicles 24:25 - his own servants
20.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
he was buried: 2 Kings 8:24, 2 Kings 9:28, 2 Kings 12:21, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 11:43, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 26:23, 2 Chronicles 33:20
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:25 - his own servants 2 Chronicles 25:28 - the city of Judah
21.
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
Azariah: 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles 26:1, Uzziah, Matthew 1:8, Matthew 1:9, Ozias
made him king: 2 Kings 21:24, 1 Chronicles 3:12
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:8 - the thirty 2 Kings 15:32 - Jotham 2 Kings 23:30 - the people Amos 1:1 - in the
22.
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Elath: Elath, the Ala or Elana of the Greek and Roman writers, was a celebrated port situated at the extremity of the eastern branch of the Red Sea, hence called the Elanitic Gulf, ten miles east from Petra, according to Eusebius, and 150; Roman miles from Gaza, according to Pliny, but 1,260 stadia, or 157 miles, according to Strabo and Marcianus Herecleota. It is now called Akaba, and is nothing but a tower or castle, surrounded by a large grove of date trees, the residence of a governor, dependent on him of Grand Cairo. 2 Kings 16:6, Deuteronomy 2:8, 1 Kings 9:26, 2 Chronicles 26:2, Eloth
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 8:17 - Eloth
23.
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.
am 3179-3220, bc 825-784
the fifteenth: 2 Kings 14:17
Jeroboam: 2 Kings 14:27, Hosea 1:1, Amos 1:1, Amos 7:9-11
began to reign: "Now he begins to reign alone.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:30 - thy children 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam Amos 7:10 - the priest
24.
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.
in the sight: 2 Kings 21:6, Genesis 38:7, Deuteronomy 9:18, 1 Kings 21:25
he departed: 2 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 13:6, 2 Kings 13:11, 1 Kings 12:28-31, Psalms 106:20
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:3 - he departed 2 Kings 10:29 - the sins 2 Kings 15:9 - as his Amos 7:10 - the priest
25.
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 Gath-hepher.
from the entering: Numbers 13:21, Numbers 34:7, Numbers 34:8, Ezekiel 47:16-18, Amos 6:14
unto the sea: Genesis 14:3, Deuteronomy 3:17
Jonah: Jonah 1:1, Matthew 12:39, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 16:4, Jonas
Gathhepher: Joshua 19:13, Gittah-hepher
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:65 - from the entering 1 Kings 16:12 - by Jehu the prophet 2 Kings 9:36 - by his 2 Kings 13:5 - a saviour 2 Kings 13:12 - the rest Isaiah 28:1 - whose Ezekiel 11:10 - in Hosea 7:15 - I have Amos 6:13 - Have Haggai 1:1 - by Haggai
26.
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.
saw the affliction: 2 Kings 13:4, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:9, Judges 10:16, Psalms 106:43-45, Isaiah 63:9
not any shut: Deuteronomy 32:36, 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 21:21
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:8 - him that is shut up 1 Chronicles 12:1 - while he yet Psalms 106:44 - General Psalms 107:39 - oppression Lamentations 1:9 - behold Hosea 8:10 - for Amos 5:15 - the remnant
27.
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.
said not: 2 Kings 13:23, Hosea 1:6
blot out: Exodus 32:32, Exodus 32:33, Deuteronomy 9:14, Deuteronomy 25:19, Deuteronomy 29:20, Psalms 69:28, Romans 11:2-12, Revelation 3:5
he saved: 2 Kings 5:1, 2 Kings 13:5, Hosea 1:7, Titus 3:4-6
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:23 - the Lord 1 Samuel 14:47 - fought 2 Kings 14:23 - Jeroboam 1 Chronicles 6:15 - by the hand Nehemiah 9:27 - saviours Psalms 106:44 - General Lamentations 3:66 - under Amos 5:15 - the remnant
28.
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?
the rest: 2 Kings 14:15
Damascus: 2 Samuel 8:6, 1 Kings 11:24, 1 Chronicles 18:5, 1 Chronicles 18:6, 2 Chronicles 8:3, 2 Chronicles 8:4
which belonged to Judah: These places belonged to Judah by David's conquest - 2 Samuel 3:11, but had been repossessed by the Syrians.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:13 - Jeroboam 2 Kings 15:11 - General 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam 1 Chronicles 29:30 - his might
29.
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
am 3220, bc 784
Zachariah: 2 Kings 15:8
reigned: "After an interregnum of eleven years.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:13 - Jeroboam 2 Kings 15:12 - Thy sons