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Второ Летописи 25
1940 Bulgarian Bible
Второ Летописи 25
1940 Bulgarian Bible
25 Амасия бе двадесет и пет години на възраст когато се възцари, и царува двадесет и девет години в Ерусалим. И името на майка му бе Иодана, от Ерусалим.
2 Той върши това, което бе право пред Господа, но не със съвършено сърце.
3 А като му се утвърди царството, той умъртви слугите си, които бяха убили баща му царя.
4 Но чадата им не умъртви, според писаното в закона в Моисеевата книга, гдето Господ заповядвайки, каза: Бащите да не умират поради чадата, нито чадата да умират поради бащите; но всеки да умира за своя грях.
5 Тогава Амасия събра Юда и постави от тях хилядници и стотници, според бащините им домове, по целия Юда и Вениамин; и като ги преброи от двадесет години и нагоре, намери ги триста хиляди отборни мъже, способни да излизат на война, които можеха да държат копие и щит.
6 А от Израиля нае още сто хиляди силни и храбри мъже за сто таланта сребро.
7 А дойде един Божий човек при него и рече: Царю, да не отиде с тебе Израилевата войска; защото Господ не е с Израиля, с никои от ефремците.
8 Но ако си решил да идеш, действувай <храбро>, укрепи се за бой; <иначе>, Бог ще те направи да паднеш пред неприятеля, защото Бог има сила да помага и да сваля.
9 А Амасия рече на Божия човек: Но какво да направим за стоте таланта, които дадох на Израилевата войска? А Божият човек отговори: Господ може да ти даде много повече от това.
10 Тогава Амасий ги отдели, <то ест>, войската, която му беше дошла от Ефрема, за да се върнат у дома си; по която причина гневът им пламна силно против Юда, и се върнаха у дома си твърде разярени.
11 А Амасия се одързости, изведе людете си, и отиде в долината на солта, та порази десет хиляди от Сиировите потомци.
12 А <други> десет хиляди юдейците плениха живи, и като ги закараха на върха на скалата, хвърлиха ги долу от върха на скалата, така че всичките се смазаха.
13 Но мъжете от войската, която Амасия върна надире, за да не идат с него на бой, нападнаха Юдовите градове, от Самария дори до Ветерон, та поразиха от тях три хиляди души, и взеха много користи.
14 А Амасия, като се върна от поразяването на едомците, донесе боговете на Сиировите потомци та ги постави богове за себе си, кланяше се пред тях, и кадеше им тамян.
15 Затова, гневът на Господа пламна против Амасия, и прати при него пророк, който му рече: Защо си прибягнал към боговете на тия люде, които не можеха да избавят своите си люде от ръката ти?
16 А като му говореше той, <царят> му каза: Съветник ли те поставиха на царя? Престани; защо да бъдеш убит? И пророкът престана, като рече: Зная, че Бог е решил да те изтреби понеже ти стори това, и не послуша моя съвет.
17 Тогава Юдовият цар Амасия, като се съветва, прати до Израилевия цар Иоас, син на Иоахаза, Ииуевия син, да кажат: Дойди да се погледнем един други в лице.
18 А Израилевият цар Иоас прати до Юдовия цар Амасия да рекат: Ливанският трън пратил до ливанския кедър да кажат: Дай дъщеря си на сина ми за жена. Но един звяр, който бил в Ливан, заминал та стъпкал тръна.
19 Ти казваш: Ето, поразих Едома; и сърцето ти те надигна да се хвалиш. Седи сега у дома си; защо да се заплиташ за своята си вреда та да паднеш, ти и Юда с тебе?
20 Но Амасия не послуша; защото от Бога бе това, за да ги предаде в ръката <на неприятелите>, понеже бяха прибягнали към Едомските богове.
21 Прочее, Израилевият цар Иоас възлезе, та се погледнаха един други в лице, той и Юдовият цар Амасия, във Ветсемес, който принадлежи на Юда.
22 И Юда биде поразен пред Израиля; и побягнаха всеки в шатъра си.
23 И Израилевият цар Иоас хвана във Ветсемес Юдовия цар Амасия, син на Иоаса, Иоахазовия син и го доведе в Ерусалим, и събори четиристотин лакътя от ерусалимската стена, от Ефремовата порта до портата на ъгъла.
24 И <като взе> всичкото злато и сребро, и всичките съдове, които се намираха в Божия дом при Овид-едома, и съкровищата на царската къща, тоже и заложници, върна се в Самария.
25 А след смъртта на Израилевия цар Иоас, Иоахазовият син, Юдовият цар Амасия, Иасовият син, живя петнадесет години.
26 А останалите дела на Амасия, първите и последните, ето, написани са в Книгата на Юдовите и Израилевите царе.
27 А след като се отклони Амасия от Господа, направиха заговор против него в Ерусалим, и той побягна в Лахис; но пратиха след него в Лахис та го убиха там.
28 И докараха го на коне та го погребаха с бащите му в Юдовия <столичен град>.
2 Chronicles 25
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2 Chronicles 25
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Amaziah becomes king of Judah
25 Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to rule as king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother's name was Jehoaddin. She was from Jerusalem. 2 He did things that the Lord said were good. But he was not completely faithful.
3 Amaziah made himself strong to rule his kingdom with authority. Then he killed the officers who had murdered his father, King Joash. 4 But he did not punish their sons with death. He obeyed the Lord's command that was written in the Book of the Law of Moses. The command says, ‘Do not punish fathers with death when their sons do bad things. Do not punish children with death when their fathers do bad things. Each person must die only because of his own sins.’[a]
Amaziah's army
5 Then Amaziah brought all the people of Judah together. For each of their clans he chose officers to lead groups of 1,000 men and groups of 100 men. He did that for the clans of Judah's tribe and the clans of Benjamin's tribe.[b] He counted all the men who were 20 years old or older who could fight with spears and shields. There were 300,000 of them. 6 He also paid 3,500 kilograms of silver for 100,000 soldiers from Israel to join his army.
7 But a prophet went to meet Amaziah and he said, ‘Please sir, do not take these soldiers from Israel to go and fight beside your own soldiers. The Lord has turned away from the tribe of Ephraim and all of Israel. 8 The Lord will allow your enemies to win against you, even if you fight very well. God has the power to help you, but he can also cause your enemies to win against you.’
9 Amaziah said to God's prophet, ‘But I have paid 3,500 kilograms of silver for these soldiers from Israel. What should I do about that?’ The prophet replied, ‘The Lord is able to give you much more than all that money!’
10 So Amaziah sent away the soldiers who had come from Ephraim.[c] He told them to go back to their homes. So they became very angry with Judah's people. As they went home, they had angry thoughts.
Amaziah fights against Edom
11 But Amaziah was brave. He led his army to Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 soldiers from Edom.[d] 12 They also caught 10,000 soldiers as their prisoners. They took them to the top of a high rock. They threw their prisoners from the top. They all fell down onto the rocks below and they died.
13 But the soldiers from Israel that Amaziah had sent home attacked some towns in Judah. They were angry because Amaziah had not allowed them to join his army in the battle. They killed 3,000 men in Judah's towns between Samaria and Beth Horon. They took away many valuable things from those towns.
Amaziah worships idols
14 After Amaziah's army had killed the soldiers from Edom, he returned to Judah. He brought back some idols of the gods that the people of Edom worshipped. He started to worship them as his own gods. He offered sacrifices to them. 15 So the Lord became angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him with a message. The prophet said to Amaziah, ‘You should not worship these foreign gods! They could not even save their own people from your power!’
16 While the prophet was still speaking, the king said to him, ‘We did not choose you to be the king's advisor! If you do not stop speaking, my men will kill you.’ So the prophet stopped. But then he said, ‘I know what God has decided to do. He will destroy you because you have done these bad things and you have not listened to my advice.’
Amaziah attacks Israel
17 Then King Amaziah of Judah met with his advisors. Then he sent a message to King Jehoash of Israel. He was the son of Jehoahaz and the grandson of Jehu. King Amaziah's message said, ‘Come here and meet me!’
18 But King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah: ‘In Lebanon, a thorn bush sent this message to a cedar tree: “Please give your daughter to my son, to be his wife.” Then a wild animal of Lebanon came and knocked down the thorn bush. It walked all over it! 19 You are proud that you have won the fight against Edom. But do not boast about your power! You may be very happy, but stay at home! Do not try to fight against us. If you do that, you will cause trouble that destroys both you and your kingdom, Judah.’
20 But Amaziah did not accept Jehoash's message. God had decided to put him under the power of his enemies because he worshipped the gods of Edom. 21 So King Jehoash of Israel prepared to attack Amaziah's army. Jehoash and Amaziah met together in battle at Beth Shemesh, a town in Judah. 22 Israel's army won the battle against Judah's army. All the soldiers from Judah ran back home. 23 At Beth Shemesh, King Jehoash of Israel caught the king of Judah, Amaziah, the son of Joash and the grandson of Ahaziah. King Jehoash took him to Jerusalem. He destroyed the wall of Jerusalem, between the Ephraim Gate and the Corner Gate. That part of the wall was 180 metres long.[e] 24 He took away all the gold and the silver from the temple, including the valuable things that Obed-Edom was taking care of. Jehoash also took the valuable things from the king's palace. He also took some of the people away with him as prisoners. Then he returned to Samaria.
Amaziah dies
25 Joash's son Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 years after Jehoahaz's son Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.[f] 26 All the other things that happened while Amaziah was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of the kings of Judah and Israel’. 27 After Amaziah had turned away from the Lord, some people in Jerusalem made a plan to kill him. So he ran away to Lachish. But the people in Jerusalem sent men to catch him in Lachish. They killed Amaziah there.[g] 28 They carried his dead body back to Jerusalem on a horse. They buried him there beside his ancestors in the city of Judah.
Footnotes
- 25:4 See Deuteronomy 24:16.
- 25:5 The kingdom of Judah had people from two tribes, Judah and Benjamin.
- 25:10 The kingdom of Israel in the north had people from 10 tribes, but the most important tribe was Ephraim. The northern kingdom of Israel is sometimes called ‘Ephraim’.
- 25:11 Edom was south and east of the Dead Sea. It was also called ‘Seir’.
- 25:23 Ahaziah was also called Jehoahaz.
- 25:25 Jehoash, the king of Israel, died in about 782 BC. Then the son of Jehoash, Jeroboam II, ruled Israel in Samaria. He was the king there for the rest of Amaziah's rule.
- 25:27 Amaziah died in about 767 BC.
2 Chronicles 25
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2 Chronicles 25
New International Version
Amaziah King of Judah(A)(B)(C)
25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(D) 3 After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. 4 Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses,(E) where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](F)
5 Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered(G) those twenty years old(H) or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service,(I) able to handle the spear and shield. 6 He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents[b] of silver.
7 But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, these troops from Israel(J) must not march with you, for the Lord is not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim. 8 Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”(K)
9 Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?”
The man of God replied, “The Lord can give you much more than that.”(L)
10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were furious with Judah and left for home in a great rage.(M)
11 Amaziah then marshaled his strength and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he killed ten thousand men of Seir. 12 The army of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.(N)
13 Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had sent back and had not allowed to take part in the war raided towns belonging to Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed three thousand people and carried off great quantities of plunder.
14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods,(O) bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them. 15 The anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you consult this people’s gods, which could not save(P) their own people from your hand?”
16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?”
So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
17 After Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, he sent this challenge to Jehoash[c] son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel: “Come, let us face each other in battle.”
18 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle(Q) in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot. 19 You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”
20 Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom.(R) 21 So Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 22 Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home. 23 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah,[d] at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate(S) to the Corner Gate(T)—a section about four hundred cubits[e] long. 24 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-Edom,(U) together with the palace treasures and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
25 Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 26 As for the other events of Amaziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, they conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish(V), but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. 28 He was brought back by horse and was buried with his ancestors in the City of Judah.[f]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 25:4 Deut. 24:16
- 2 Chronicles 25:6 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 9
- 2 Chronicles 25:17 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 18, 21, 23 and 25
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters
- 2 Chronicles 25:28 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 14:20) David
2 Chronicles 25
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2 Chronicles 25
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25 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.
10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
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.
15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
18 And Joash 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.
19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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