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hoste of Israel? Then the man of God answered, Ioash the King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of
The Lord is able to giue thee more then this. 10 So Iudah, the sonne of Ioash, the sonne of Iehoahaz
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the armie that in Bethshemesh, and brought him to Ierusalem,
was come to him out of Ephraim, to returne to and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, from
their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure
greatly against Iudah, and they returned to their hundreth cubites. 24 And he tooke all the gold
places with great anger. 11 Then Amaziah was and the siluer, and all the vessels that were found
encouraged, and led forth his people, and went in the house of God with Obed Edom, and in the
to the salt valley, and smote of the children of treasures of the Kings house, and the children
Seir, ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand that were in hostage, and returned to Samaria.
did the children of Iudah take aliue, and caryed 25 And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah
them to the top of a rocke, and cast them downe liued after the death of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz
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from the top of the rocke, and they all burst King of Israel, fifteene yeere. Concerning the
to pieces. 13 But the men of the armie, which rest of the actes of Amaziah first and last, are they
Amaziah sent away, that they should not goe not written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and
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with his people to battell, fell vpon the cities of Israel? Nowe after the time that Amaziah did
turne away from ye Lord, they wrought treason
Iudah from Samaria vnto Beth-horon, and smote against him in Ierusalem: and when he was fled
three thousand of them, and tooke much spoyle.
14 Now after that Amaziah was come from the to Lachish, they sent to Lachish after him, and
slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods slewe him there. 28 And they brought him vpon
of the children of Seir, and set them vp to be his horses, and buried him with his fathers in the
gods, and worshipped them, and burned incense citie of Iudah.
vnto them. 15 Wherefore the Lord was wroth with 26
Amaziah, and sent vnto him a Prophet, which
sayd vnto him, Why hast thou sought the gods 1 Then all the people of Iudah tooke Vzziah,
of the people, which were not able to deliuer which was sixteene yeere olde, and made him
their owne people out of thine hand? 16 And as King in the steade of his father Amaziah. 2 He
he talked with him, he said vnto him, Haue they buylt Eloth, and restored it to Iudah after that
made thee the Kings counseler? cease thou: why the King slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteene yeere
should they smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, olde was Vzziah, when he began to reigne, and
but said, I knowe that God hath determined to he reigned two and fiftie yere in Ierusalem, and
destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and his mothers name was Iecoliah of Ierusalem.
hast not obeyed my counsell. 17 Then Amaziah 4 And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord,
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King of Iudah tooke counsell, and sent to Ioash according to al that his father Amaziah did. And
the sonne of Iehoahaz, the sonne of Iehu King he sought God in the dayes of Zechariah (which
of Israel, saying, Come, let vs see one another vnderstoode the visions of God) and when as he
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in the face. 18 But Ioash King of Israel sent to sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. For
Amaziah King of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is he went forth and fought against the Philistims
in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, and brake downe the wall of Gath, and the wall
saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: of Iabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities
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and the wilde beast that was in Lebanon went in Ashdod, and among the Philistims. And God
and trode downe the thistle. 19 Thou thinkest: lo, helped him against ye Philistims, and against the
thou hast smitten Edom, and thine heart lifteth Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and Hammeu-
thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest nim. 8 And the Ammonites gaue gifts to Vzziah,
thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest and his name spred to the entring in of Egypt: for
fall, and Iudah with thee? 20 But Amaziah would he did most valiantly. 9 Moreouer Uzziah buylt
not heare: for it was of God, that he might deliuer towres in Ierusalem at the corner gate, and at the
them into his had, because they had sought the valley gate, and at the turning, and made them
gods of Edom. 21 So Ioash the King of Israel went strong. 10 And he built towres in the wildernesse,
vp: and he, and Amaziah King of Iudah saw one and digged many cisternes: for he had much cat-
another in the face at Bethshemesh, which is in tell both in the valleyes and playnes, plowmen,
Iudah. 22 And Iudah was put to the worse before and dressers of vines in the mountaines, and in
Israel, and they fled euery man to his tents. 23 But Carmel: for he loued husbandrie. 11 Vzziah had