⁷ He struck down 10,000 of Edom in ^(A)the Valley of Salt and seized ^(B)Sela by war and named it ^(C)Joktheel to this day.

¹¹ Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people forth, and went to ^(A)the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 of the sons of Seir. ¹² The sons of Judah also captured 10,000 alive and brought them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from the top of the cliff, so that they were all split open. ¹³ But the ^[a]troops whom Amaziah sent back from going with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 of them and plundered much plunder.

Amaziah Worships the Edomites’ Gods

¹⁴ Now it happened that after Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, ^(B)he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, set them up as his gods, worshiped them, and burned incense to them. ¹⁵ Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people ^(C)who have not delivered their own people from your hand?” ¹⁶ Now it happened that as he was talking with him, ^[b]the king said to him, “Have we given you to be a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has counseled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

Amaziah Defeated by Joash of Israel

^17 (D)Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face each other.” ¹⁸ And Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “^(E)The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ But a beast of the field that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush. ¹⁹ You said, ‘Behold, you have struck down Edom.’ And ^(F)your heart has lifted you up to boast. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke calamity so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?”

²⁰ But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, that He might give them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom. ²¹ So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh, which belonged to Judah. ²² And Judah was ^[c]defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. ²³ Then Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of ^(G)Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, ^[d]400 cubits. ²⁴ And he took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of God with ^(H)Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

^25 (I)And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. ²⁶ Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, behold, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? ²⁷ Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. ²⁸ Then they carried him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.