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2 Reis 14
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2 Reis 14
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Amazias, rei de Judá
(2 Cr 25.1-4, 11-24)
14 Durante o segundo ano do reinado de Jeoás, filho de Jeoacaz, rei de Israel, o rei Amazias começou a reinar sobre Judá. 2 Tinha 25 anos quando se tornou rei. Reinou durante 29 anos em Jerusalém. O nome da sua mãe era Jeoadã, natural de Jerusalém. 3 Fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, não como o seu antepassado David, mas foi tão bom rei como o seu pai, Joás. 4 Contudo, não destruiu os santuários pagãos sobre as colinas e o povo continuou a sacrificar e a oferecer ali incenso.
5 Logo que alcançou estabilidade como rei, mandou matar os homens que tinham assassinado o seu pai. 6 No entanto, poupou os seus filhos, porque quis respeitar a ordem que o Senhor tinha dado, na Lei de Moisés, que os pais não poderão ser mortos por causa dos pecados dos filhos, nem os filhos pelos dos pais. Cada pessoa morrerá pelos seus próprios crimes.
7 Certa ocasião, Amazias matou 10 000 edomitas no vale do Sal. Também conquistou Sela e mudou-lhe o nome para Jocteel, assim sendo conhecida até ao dia de hoje.
8 Um dia, Amazias enviou uma mensagem ao rei Jeoás de Israel, filho de Jeoacaz e neto de Jeú, desafiando-o a mobilizar o exército e a vir combater contra ele.
9 O rei Jeoás enviou, no entanto, a Amazias a seguinte mensagem: “No Líbano um cardo mandou dizer a um cedro: ‘Dá a tua filha em casamento ao meu filho.’ Nessa altura, passou um animal selvagem que pisou o cardo e o esmagou! 10 Tu destruíste Edom e estás muito orgulhoso disso; contudo, dou-te um conselho: fica contente com a vitória que obtiveste e deixa-te ficar onde estás. Porque haverias de provocar um desastre não só para ti como para Judá?”
11 Amazias não lhe deu ouvidos. Por isso, Jeoás, rei de Israel, mandou preparar o seu exército. A batalha começou em Bete-Semes, uma das povoações de Judá. 12 Judá foi derrotado e o seu exército teve de fugir, cada um para sua casa. 13 O rei Jeoás de Israel capturou o rei Amazias em Bete-Semes, e avançou sobre Jerusalém. Ordenou que fossem derrubados 200 metros da muralha da cidade, desde a porta de Efraim até à porta do Canto. 14 Depois tomou consigo todo o ouro, a prata e todos os objetos de valor que havia na casa do Senhor, assim como os tesouros do palácio; levou também reféns e regressou a Samaria.
15 O resto dos acontecimentos referentes ao reinado de Jeoás e à sua guerra contra o rei Amazias está relatado no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Israel. 16 Quando Jeoás morreu, foi sepultado em Samaria, junto dos outros reis de Israel. O seu filho Jeroboão reinou em seu lugar.
O fim do reinado de Amazias
(2 Cr 25.25–26.2)
17 O rei Amazias viveu ainda mais 15 anos depois de Jeoás, o rei de Israel, ter morrido. 18 O resto dos acontecimentos da vida de Amazias está escrito no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Judá.
19 Conspiraram contra ele em Jerusalém e fugiu para Laquis; perseguiram-no até Laquis e ali o mataram. 20 Levaram o seu corpo para Jerusalém, escoltado por um pelotão de cavalaria. Foi enterrado no cemitério real, junto dos seus antepassados, na Cidade de David.
21 O seu filho Azarias[a] ascendeu ao trono; tinha 16 anos de idade. 22 Depois da morte de seu pai, edificou a povoação de Elate e entregou-a a Judá.
Jeroboão II, rei de Israel
23 Entretanto, Jeroboão II tornara-se rei de Israel, durante o décimo quinto ano do reinado de Amazias, rei de Judá. O reinado de Jeroboão durou 41 anos. 24 Fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, e não se afastou dos erros e pecados que Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, tinha levado Israel a cometer. 25 Jeroboão II recuperou os territórios que Israel perdera entre Hamate e o mar Morto, tal como o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, tinha predito através do profeta Jonas, filho de Amitai, de Gate-Hefer. 26 Porque o Senhor viu a grande miséria em que Israel se encontrava, sem ninguém que viesse em seu auxílio. 27 O Senhor não dissera que apagaria o nome de Israel de sobre a terra; por isso, serviu-se do rei Jeroboão II para o salvar.
28 O resto da biografia de Jeroboão II, tudo o que fez, o seu grande poder, as suas batalhas e como recuperou para Israel Damasco e Hamate, tomadas por Judá, está narrado no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Israel. 29 Quando faleceu, Jeroboão II foi sepultado com os outros reis de Israel, e o seu filho Zacarias reinou em seu lugar.
2 Kings 14
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2 Kings 14
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14 During the second year of the reign of King Joash of Israel, King Amaziah began his reign over Judah. 2 Amaziah was twenty-five years old at the time, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. (His mother was Jehoaddin, a native of Jerusalem.) 3 He was a good king in the Lord’s sight, though not quite like his ancestor David; but he was as good a king as his father Joash. 4 However, he didn’t destroy the shrines on the hills, so the people still sacrificed and burned incense there.
5 As soon as he had a firm grip on the kingdom, he killed the men who had assassinated his father; 6 but he didn’t kill their children, for the Lord had commanded through the law of Moses that fathers shall not be killed for their children, nor children for the sins of their fathers: everyone must pay the penalty for his own sins. 7 Once Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in Salt Valley; he also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.
8 One day he sent a message to King Joash of Israel (the son of Jehoahaz and the grandson of Jehu), daring him to mobilize his army and come out and fight.
9 But King Joash replied, “The thistle of Lebanon demanded of the mighty cedar tree, ‘Give your daughter to be a wife for my son.’ But just then a wild animal passed by and stepped on the thistle and trod it into the ground! 10 You have destroyed Edom and are very proud about it; but my advice to you is, be content with your glory and stay home! Why provoke disaster for both yourself and Judah?”
11 But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Joash of Israel mustered his army. The battle began at Beth-shemesh, one of the cities of Judah, 12 and Judah was defeated and the army fled home. 13 King Amaziah was captured, and the army of Israel marched on Jerusalem and broke down its wall from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, a distance of about six hundred feet. 14 King Joash took many hostages and all the gold and silver from the Temple and palace treasury, also the gold cups. Then he returned to Samaria.
15 The rest of the history of Joash and his war with King Amaziah of Judah are recorded in The Annals of the Kings of Israel. 16 When Joash died, he was buried in Samaria with the other kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam became the new king.
17 Amaziah lived fifteen years longer than Joash, 18 and the rest of his biography is recorded in The Annals of the Kings of Judah. 19 There was a plot against his life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but his enemies sent assassins and killed him there. 20 His body was returned on horses, and he was buried in the royal cemetery, in the City of David section of Jerusalem.
21 Then his son Azariah became the new king at the age of sixteen. 22 After his father’s death, he built Elath and restored it to Judah.
23 Meanwhile, over in Israel, Jeroboam II had become king during the fifteenth year of the reign of King Amaziah of Judah. Jeroboam’s reign lasted forty-one years. 24 But he was as evil as Jeroboam I (the son of Nebat), who had led Israel into the sin of worshiping idols. 25 Jeroboam II recovered the lost territories of Israel between Hamath and the Dead Sea, just as the Lord God of Israel had predicted through Jonah (son of Amittai) the prophet from Gathhepher. 26 For the Lord saw the bitter plight of Israel—she had no one to help her. 27 And he had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel, so he used King Jeroboam II to save her.
28 The rest of Jeroboam’s biography—all that he did, and his great power, and his wars, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath (which had been captured by Judah)—is recorded in The Annals of the Kings of Israel. 29 When Jeroboam II died, he was buried with the other kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah became the new king of Israel.
2 Kings 14
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2 Kings 14
New International Version
Amaziah King of Judah(A)(B)
14 In the second year of Jehoash[a] son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. 2 He 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. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash. 4 The high places,(C) however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5 After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed(D) the officials(E) who had murdered his father the king. 6 Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law(F) of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[b](G)
7 He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt(H) and captured Sela(I) in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: “Come, let us face each other in battle.”
9 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle(J) 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. 10 You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant.(K) Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”
11 Amaziah, however, would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh(L) in Judah. 12 Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home.(M) 13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall(N) of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate(O) to the Corner Gate(P)—a section about four hundred cubits long.[c] 14 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace. He also took hostages and returned to Samaria.
15 As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, what he did and his achievements, including his war(Q) against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 16 Jehoash rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.
17 Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 18 As for the other events of Amaziah’s reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
19 They conspired(R) against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish,(S) but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. 20 He was brought back by horse(T) and was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors, in the City of David.
21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,[d](U) who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 22 He was the one who rebuilt Elath(V) and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.
Jeroboam II King of Israel
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam(W) son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.(X) 25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath(Y) to the Dead Sea,[e](Z) in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah(AA) son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.
26 The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free,(AB) was suffering;[f](AC) there was no one to help them.(AD) 27 And since the Lord had not said he would blot out(AE) the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved(AF) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
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(AG) and Hamath,(AH) which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals(AI) of the kings of Israel? 29 Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 14:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 13, 23 and 27
- 2 Kings 14:6 Deut. 24:16
- 2 Kings 14:13 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters
- 2 Kings 14:21 Also called Uzziah
- 2 Kings 14:25 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah
- 2 Kings 14:26 Or Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, and
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