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Amaziah

2 Kings 2 Chronicles

When

796–767 BC· Reign

Tied to events dated from records outside the Bible, usually within a few years. How the dates are worked out

Name meaning

"the LORD is mighty" · Hebrew

About

King of Judah, son of Joash, who reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though Kings says not like David and Chronicles says not with a whole heart. He put to death the servants who had killed his father but spared their children, as the law of Moses required. After defeating Edom in the Valley of Salt he brought home the gods of Seir and bowed down to them. He then challenged Jehoash of Israel, was defeated and captured at Beth Shemesh, and saw the wall of Jerusalem broken down. A conspiracy drove him to Lachish, where he was killed.

Relationships

FatherJoash (Judah)Father, whose killers Amaziah put to death

SonUzziahSon, made king at sixteen by the people of Judah

RivalJehoash (Israel)King of Israel who captured him and broke down the wall of Jerusalem

Key Scripture AppearancesKJV

2 Kings 14:3

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.2 Kings 14:3, KJV

2 Kings 14:6

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.2 Kings 14:6, KJV

2 Kings 14:8

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.2 Kings 14:8, KJV

2 Kings 14:13

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.2 Kings 14:13, KJV

2 Chronicles 25:14

Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.2 Chronicles 25:14, KJV

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