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2 Chronicles 25
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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

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:4 Deut. 24:16
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:6 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 9
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:17 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 18, 21, 23 and 25
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah
  5. 2 Chronicles 25:23 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:28 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 14:20) David
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2 Chronicles 25
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Amaziah Reigns over Judah

25 (A)Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, (B)yet not with a whole heart. 3 Now (C)it happened as soon as the kingdom was [a]strong in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. 4 But he did not put their sons to death, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, which Yahweh commanded, saying, “(D)Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor sons be put to death for their fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

Amaziah Is Strong in Battle

5 Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he [b]took a census of those (E)from twenty years old and upward and found them to be (F)300,000 choice men, able to go out for military duty, able to handle spear and large shield. 6 And he hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred [c]talents of silver. 7 But (G)a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim. 8 But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will cause you to stumble before the enemy, (H)for God has power to help and to cause to stumble.” 9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “(I)Yahweh has much more to give you than this.” 10 Then Amaziah [d]dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go [e]home; so their anger burned against Judah and they returned [f]home in burning anger.

11 Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people forth, and went to (J)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 [g]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, (K)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 (L)who have not delivered their own people from your hand?” 16 Now it happened that as he was talking with him, [h]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 (M)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, “(N)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 (O)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 [i]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 (P)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, [j]400 cubits. 24 And he took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of God with (Q)Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

25 (R)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.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:3 Lit firm upon him
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:5 Lit mustered
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:6 A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:10 Lit separated
  5. 2 Chronicles 25:10 Lit to their own place
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:10 Lit to their own place
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:13 Lit sons of the troops
  8. 2 Chronicles 25:16 Lit he
  9. 2 Chronicles 25:22 Lit smitten before
  10. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Approx. 200 yd. or 180 m
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2 Chronicles 25
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Amaziah Reigns in Judah

25 (A)Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, (B)yet not with a whole heart. 3 And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. 4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, (C)“Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.”

Amaziah's Victories

5 Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those (D)twenty years old and upward, and found that they were (E)300,000 choice men, fit for war, (F)able to handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents[a] of silver. 7 But (G)a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites. 8 But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? (H)For God has power to help or to cast down.” 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.” 10 Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger. 11 But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the (I)Valley of Salt and struck down (J)10,000 men of Seir. 12 The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces. 13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, (K)from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil.

Amaziah's Idolatry

14 After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, (L)he brought the gods (M)of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them. 15 Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people (N)who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” 16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that (O)God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

Israel Defeats Amaziah

17 (P)Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.” 18 And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, (Q)“A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. 19 You say, ‘See, I[b] have struck down Edom,’ and (R)your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, (S)because they had sought the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home. 23 And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of (T)Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits,[c] from (U)the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. 24 And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God, in the care of (V)Obed-edom. He seized also the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.

25 (W)Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 26 Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? 27 From the time when he turned away from the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David.[d]

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:6 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:19 Hebrew you
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:23 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:28 Hebrew of Judah
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2 Sử Ký 25
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Cuộc Trị Vì Của Vua A-ma-xia

25 Khi lên ngôi, vua A-ma-xia được hai mươi lăm tuổi; vua trị vì hai mươi chín năm tại Giê-ru-sa-lem; mẹ người tên Giô-a-đan, quê ở Giê-ru-sa-lem. 2 Người làm việc thiện trước mắt CHÚA nhưng không hết lòng. 3 Khi đã nắm vững vương quốc, vua hành quyết những cận thần đã mưu sát vua cha. 4 Nhưng vua không giết các con trai của họ theo như Kinh Luật Môi-se đã ghi. Trong Kinh Luật CHÚA phán: “Chớ giết cha vì tội của con cũng đừng giết con vì tội của cha; nhưng mỗi người sẽ chết vì tội của mình.”[a]

5 Vua A-ma-xia triệu tập người Giu-đa lại và lập những người chỉ huy ngàn quân và trăm quân theo gia đình cho cả Giu-đa và Bên-gia-min. Vua cũng kiểm kê được 300,000 người từ hai mươi tuổi trở lên, biết sử dụng khiên và giáo, sẵn sàng nhập ngũ. 6 Vua thuê 100,000 quân thiện chiến từ Y-sơ-ra-ên với giá một trăm ta-lâng bạc.[b] 7 Nhưng một người của Đức Chúa Trời đến nói với vua: “Tâu đức vua, xin đừng để đoàn quân Y-sơ-ra-ên đi với vua vì CHÚA không ở cùng quân Y-sơ-ra-ên và cũng không ở với tất cả những người Ép-ra-im này. 8 Nhưng nếu vua cứ đi và dù chiến đấu anh dũng nơi trận mạc thì Đức Chúa Trời cũng để cho vua thất bại trước quân thù vì Đức Chúa Trời có quyền giúp sức hay đánh bại.”

9 Vua A-ma-xia hỏi người của Đức Chúa Trời, “Còn một trăm ta-lâng bạc của ta trả cho quân Y-sơ-ra-ên thì sao?” Người của Đức Chúa Trời trả lời: “CHÚA có thể cho vua nhiều hơn thế nữa.” 10 Bấy giờ vua A-ma-xia giải tán đoàn quân đã đến với vua từ Ép-ra-im và cho họ ra về. Họ rất tức giận Giu-đa và trở về xứ lòng đầy phẫn nộ. 11 Vua A-ma-xia lấy can đảm dẫn quân mình tiến ra thung lũng Muối; tại đó vua giết 10,000 quân Sê-i-rơ. 12 Quân Giu-đa cũng bắt sống 10,000 người; họ đem chúng lên trên đỉnh núi đá và ném chúng xuống hố sâu; tất cả đều chết tan xác.

13 Nhưng đoàn quân mà vua A-ma-xia trả về, không cho tham chiến với vua, đã đánh phá các thành Giu-đa từ Sa-ma-ri đến Bết Hô-rôn; chúng giết 3,000 người trong các thành ấy và cướp đi rất nhiều đồ vật. 14 Sau khi tàn sát người Ê-đôm, vua A-ma-xia trở về, mang theo các thần của người Sê-i-rơ và lập làm thần của mình. Vua thờ lạy các thần này và dâng tế lễ cho chúng. 15 CHÚA nổi giận cùng vua A-ma-xia; Ngài sai một tiên tri đến nói với vua: “Tại sao ngươi cầu khẩn các thần của dân này, là những thần không cứu nổi họ khỏi tay ngươi?” 16 Khi tiên tri đang nói, vua bảo: “Chúng ta có cử ngươi làm cố vấn cho vua không? Đừng nói nữa, ngươi muốn bị đánh chết sao?” Tiên tri không nói nữa nhưng lại bảo: “Tôi biết rằng Đức Chúa Trời định hủy diệt vua vì vua đã làm như vậy và không nghe lời khuyên của tôi.”

17 Sau khi thảo luận, A-ma-xia, vua Giu-đa sai sứ đến vua Giô-ách, con trai Giô-a-cha, cháu Giê-hu, vua Y-sơ-ra-ên, nói rằng: “Hãy đến đây, chúng ta hãy đối diện nhau.” 18 Giô-ách vua Y-sơ-ra-ên trả lời A-ma-xia, vua Giu-đa: “Bụi gai ở Li-ban sai người đến nói với cây bá hương Li-ban rằng: ‘Xin gả con gái ngài cho con trai tôi;’ thế rồi một thú dữ ngoài đồng ở Li-ban đi ngang qua chà đạp bụi gai. 19 Ngươi tự bảo, kìa ta đã đánh bại Ê-đôm, rồi ngươi tự cao tự đại. Này, hãy ở nhà đi, sao ngươi muốn chuốc lấy tai họa để ngươi và cả Giu-đa phải sụp đổ?”

20 Nhưng vua A-ma-xia không chịu nghe vì việc này đến từ Đức Chúa Trời, Ngài muốn trao vua vào tay chúng vì vua đã cầu khẩn các thần của Ê-đôm. 21 Sau đó Giô-ách, vua Y-sơ-ra-ên tiến lên; vua và A-ma-xia, vua Giu-đa giao chiến với nhau tại Bết Sê-mết thuộc Giu-đa. 22 Quân Giu-đa bị quân Y-sơ-ra-ên đánh bại và bỏ chạy, mỗi người bỏ chạy về nhà. 23 Giô-ách, vua Y-sơ-ra-ên bắt sống được A-ma-xia, vua Giu-đa, con trai Giô-ách, cháu Giô-a-cha, tại Bết Sê-mết và điệu về Giê-ru-sa-lem. Vua cũng phá vách thành Giê-ru-sa-lem từ cổng Ép-ra-im đến cổng Góc, một khoảng chừng bốn trăm am-ma.[c] 24 Vua cướp lấy tất cả vàng, bạc, các vật dụng trong đền thờ Đức Chúa Trời do Ô-bết Ê-đôm coi giữ cùng kho châu báu trong cung vua và một số tù binh rồi trở về Sa-ma-ri.

25 A-ma-xia, con trai Giô-ách, vua Giu-đa sống thêm được mười lăm năm sau khi Giô-ách, con trai Giô-a-cha, vua Y-sơ-ra-ên qua đời. 26 Các công việc khác của vua A-ma-xia, từ đầu đến cuối, đã không được chép trong sách các vua Giu-đa và Y-sơ-ra-ên đó sao? 27 Từ khi vua A-ma-xia từ bỏ không theo CHÚA, người ta cũng âm mưu chống lại vua tại Giê-ru-sa-lem. Sau đó vua phải trốn qua La-ki nhưng người ta đuổi theo đến La-ki và giết vua tại đó. 28 Người ta cho ngựa chở vua về và chôn cất vua bên cạnh tổ tiên trong thành Giu-đa.

Footnotes

  1. 25:4 Phục 24:16
  2. 25:6 Khoảng 3,400kg
  3. 25:23 Khoảng 180m
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