1In year two of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, son of Joash, was running the show in Judah. Vibes.

2Dude was 25 when he started his reign and held it down for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mom's name? Jehoaddan, straight outta Jerusalem.

3He was doing what’s right in God’s eyes, but not quite like his pops David; he was just following Joash's lead, no cap.

4But for real, they didn’t take down the high places; the people were still vibing with their sacrifices and incense up there.

5As soon as he got the kingdom on lock, he took out the servants who had offed his dad, savage move.

6But he didn’t touch the kids of those murderers, keeping it biblical as the law said: parents don’t pay for their kids' sins, and vice versa, periodt.

7He took out ten thousand Edomites in the salt valley and snagged Selah in battle, naming it Joktheel to this day. Lit.

8Then Amaziah hit up Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, like, "Yo, let’s face off."

9Jehoash shot back, saying the thistle in Lebanon hit up the cedar, asking to marry his daughter, but a wild beast stomped on the thistle. Sus.

10You’ve wrecked Edom, and now you’re feeling yourself: chill and stay home; why mess with the drama, risking a fall for you and Judah?

11But Amaziah was like, "Nah fam," so Jehoash, the king of Israel, pulled up; they stared each other down at Beth-shemesh, which is totally Judah territory.

12Judah took a major L against Israel; everyone dipped back to their tents, no cap.

13Jehoash, king of Israel, caught Amaziah, king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, then rolled to Jerusalem and straight-up wrecked the wall from Ephraim Gate to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

14He snagged all the gold and silver, plus all the holy stuff found in the Lord's house and the king’s stash, then bounced back to Samaria.

15So like, all the other epic things Jehoash did and how he fought Amaziah, aren't they in the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

16Jehoash chilled with his fam, got buried in Samaria with the kings, and his son Jeroboam took over.

17Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, passed away.

18And all the other things Amaziah did, aren't they in the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

19They straight-up plotted against him in Jerusalem; he bounced to Lachish, but they sent the squad after him and took him out there.

20They brought him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fam in the city of David.

21All the peeps in Judah were like, “Let’s make Azariah, this 16-year-old, our king instead of his dad Amaziah.”

22He built up Elath and brought it back for Judah, then the king went to chill with his ancestors.

23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, Joash's son, Jeroboam, popped off as king in Samaria and flexed for 41 years.

24But he was straight-up sus in God's eyes, not backing down from all the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who got Israel to mess up.

25He brought back the coast of Israel from Hamath to the sea of the plain, just like the Lord told His dude Jonah, the prophet from Gath–hepher.

26The Lord saw how rough it was for Israel, super bitter vibes: no one was locked up, no one left, and no helpers for Israel.

27But the Lord wasn’t about to erase Israel’s name from the heavens; He came through for them thanks to Jeroboam, son of Joash.

28Now, all the other stuff Jeroboam did, his strength, how he fought, and how he got back Damascus and Hamath for Israel—ain’t that in the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

29Jeroboam went to chill with his ancestors, just like the kings of Israel; then his son Zachariah took over the throne.

1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

2He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

3And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

6But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

9And Jehoash the 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.

10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

11But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

14And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

20And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.

26For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

27And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.