5And as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, Amaziah killed the servants who had killed his father, the king. 6But he did not kill the children of the murderers, in accordance with what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the LORD said, “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 die for his own sin”.

7He (Amaziah) killed ten thousand Edomites, in the Valley of Salt, and captured Sela (Selah), and renamed it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, to say, “Come, let us look one another in the face”. 9And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, replied, “The thistle in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage’; and then a wild animal passed by in Lebanon, and trampled down the thistle. 10You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become arrogant. Glory in that, and stay at home; why should you meddle to your harm, and bring disaster upon Judah?” 11But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore, Jehoash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, met face to face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12And Judah was defeated by Israel; and every man fled to their tents. 13And Jehoash, king of Israel, brought Amaziah, king of Judah back to Jerusalem, where he broke down four hundred cubits (600 feet) of the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim over to the corner gate. 14And he took all the gold, silver, and all the vessels that were found in the temple of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and he took 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 II, his son, reigned in his stead.

17And Amaziah, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, king of Israel.

18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19They conspired against him (Amaziah) in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent assassins to Lachish, and killed him there. 20And they brought his body back on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21And all the people of Judah took Azariah (Uzziah), who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father, Amaziah. 22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king (Amaziah) died.

23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam II, the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. 24And Jeroboam II did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not turn from all the sins of Jeroboam I (1 Kings 11:26), son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of Arabah, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant, Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. 26For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for everyone, slave or free, nor anyone to help Israel. 27But the LORD had not said that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam II, the son of Joash.

28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam II, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29And Jeroboam II slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah, his son, reigned in his stead.