2 Kings 14

1 After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.

in/on/with year two to/for Joash son: child Joahaz king Israel to reign Amaziah son: child Joash king Judah

2 He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.

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3 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done.

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4 But, [like his father, ] he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense [to honor Yahweh] on those hills [instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed].

except [the] high place not to turn aside: remove still [the] people to sacrifice and to offer: offer in/on/with high place

5 As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.

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6 But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for [the crimes/sins committed by] their children, and children must not be executed for [crimes/sins committed by] their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves [have committed].”

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7 Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [south of the Dead Sea], and they captured Sela [city] and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name.

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8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”

then to send: depart Amaziah messenger to(wards) Jehoash son: child Jehoahaz son: child Jehu king Israel to/for to say to go: come! [emph?] to see: see face

9 But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it.

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10 [The meaning of what I am saying is that] your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble [by fighting against] us, you will surely [RHQ] cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.”

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11 But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.

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12 The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.

and to strike Judah to/for face: before Israel and to flee man: anyone (to/for tent: home his *Q(K)*)

13 Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about (200 yards/180 meters) long.

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14 Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.

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15 [If you want to know about] all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he [and his army] fought against [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

and remainder word: deed Jehoash which to make: do and might his and which to fight with Amaziah king Judah not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel

16 Jehoash died [EUP], and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king.

and to lie down: be dead Jehoash with father his and to bury in/on/with Samaria with king Israel and to reign Jeroboam son: child his underneath: instead him

17 Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.

and to live Amaziah son: child Joash king Judah after death Jehoash son: child Jehoahaz king Israel five ten year

18 [If you want to know more about] everything else that Amaziah did, it is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

and remainder word: deed Amaziah not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

19 Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.

and to conspire upon him conspiracy in/on/with Jerusalem and to flee Lachish [to] and to send: depart after him Lachish [to] and to die him there

20 They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’.

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21 Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king

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22 After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.

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23 When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 41 years.

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24 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.

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25 His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath [city] in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher [town], would happen.

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26 That happened because Yahweh saw that [the Israelis’ enemies were causing] the Israelis [to] suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.

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27 But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.

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28 [If you want to know more about] everything else that Jeroboam did, [about] his fighting courageously in battles, and [about] his [enabling the Israelis to] capture again Damascus and Hamath [cities], they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

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29 Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.

and to lie down: be dead Jeroboam with father his with king Israel and to reign Zechariah son: child his underneath: instead him