Amos and Amaziah

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel^(A) sent a message to Jeroboam^(B) king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy^(C) against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.^{(D) 11} For this is what Amos is saying:

¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!^(G) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.^{(H) 13} Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,^(I) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple^(J) of the kingdom.^(K)”

¹⁴ Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet^(L) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.^{(M) 15} But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(N) and said to me, ‘Go,^(O) prophesy^(P) to my people Israel.’^{(Q) 16} Now then, hear^(R) the word of the Lord. You say,

¹⁷ “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

²⁸ As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus^(A) and Hamath,^(B) which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals^(C) of the kings of Israel?

²⁹ Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.

²⁹ Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.

Zechariah King of Israel

⁸ In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months.

⁹ He did evil^(A) in the eyes of the Lord, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

¹⁰ Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,^[a] assassinated^(A) him and succeeded him as king.

¹¹ The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals^(A) of the kings of Israel.

¹² So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled:^(A) “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”^[a]