the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him upon his bed; and he died. And they buried him in the city of David, but not among the kings’ tombs.

And they that made the covenant against him were these: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

But his sons, and the company that was gathered under him, and the building of the house of God, behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son was king in his stead.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 25
Government of Amaziah king of Judah.

Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Joadan of Jerusalem.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with all his heart.

And when his kingdom was confirmed, he slew his servants that smote the king his father.

But their children he slew not. For thus it is written in the law, in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, nor the children for the fathers; but every man shall die for his sin.

And Amaziah brought Judah in multitude, and numbered them according to the house of the fathers, according to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen, that might go forth into the army, to bear spear and shield.

And he took from Israel an hundred thousand mighty men of war for an hundred talents of silver.

And there came a man of God unto him, and said, King, let not the host of Israel come with thee: for the LORD is not with Israel, nor with all the children of Ephraim.

For if thou comest to show boldness in the battle, God will cause thee to fall before thine enemies. For with God is the power to help and to let fall.

And Amaziah said unto the man of God. What shall we do with the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israel? And the man of God said, The LORD hath more than this to give thee.

Then Amaziah separated the soldiers that were come to him out of Ephraim, and they went into their own place. And their anger was kindled against Judah, and they returned to their place with fierce wrath.

And he was confident, and brought forth his people, and went out into the valley of salt, and smote ten thousand of the children of Seir.

And the children of Judah took ten thousand of them alive, and brought them to the top of a rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, and brake them all in pieces.

And the soldiers, which Amaziah had sent again, that they should not go out to battle with his people, pitched in the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and slew three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

And when Amaziah was come again from the battle of Edom, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them for gods unto him; and worshipped before them, and burned incense unto them.

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet unto him, saying, Why seekest thou the gods of the people, which could not deliver their people out of thine hand?

And when he had spoken unto him, he said unto him, Hast thou been made the king’s counsellor? Stop, why wilt thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said: I perceive that God hath consulted to destroy thee, that thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

And Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, Come, and let us see one another.

And Joash king of Israel sent unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The briar of Lebanon sent unto the cedar of Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: but the wild beast of Lebanon ran upon the briar, and brake it in pieces.

Thou rememberest, Behold, I have smitten the Edomites: thine heart is lifted up, and thou seekest glory. Now tarry thou at home. Why wilt thou strive for evil, that thou shouldest fall, and Judah with thee?

But Amaziah hearkened not: for it came to pass of God that they were given into hand, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

And Joash king of Israel went up, and looked together, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which is in Judah.

And Judah was smitten before Israel, and fled every man to his tent.

And Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, took Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate four hundred cubits.

And all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that were in the house of God with Obededom, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children that were in bond, he took with him to Samaria.

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

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, both the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

And from the time that Amaziah departed from the LORD, they made a league against him at Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish. And they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 26
Uzzah fumigates and becomes leprous.

And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king in Amaziah his father’s stead.

And he built Eloth, and brought it again to Judah, after that the king had fallen asleep with his fathers.

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechaliah of Jerusalem.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, as Amaziah his father had done.

And he sought God as long as Zechariah lived, the teacher in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God prospered him.

For he went out and fought against the Philistines, and brake down the walls of Gath, and the walls of Jabne, and the walls of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

For God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians, against those of Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.

And the Ammonites gave gifts unto Uzziah, and he was renowned until they came into Egypt: for he waxed stronger and stronger.

And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the other corners, and fortified them.

He also built castles in the wilderness, and digged many wells; for he had much cattle, both in the meadows and in the plains; also husbandmen and husbandwomen in the mountains and in Carmel; for he delighted in husbandry.

And Uzziah had a force to battle, which went into the army, of soldiers counted in number, under the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, of the king’s captains.

And the number of the chief fathers among the mighty men of war was two thousand and six hundred.

And under their hand the host sent three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred, to battle in force, to help the king against the enemy.

And Uzziah sent them for all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, and sling-stones.

And he made breastworks artificially in Jerusalem, to be on the towers and on the corners, to be shot with arrows and great stones. And the fame of him went abroad, and he was greatly helped, until he became mighty.

And when he had become mighty, he lifted up his heart to his destruction. For he trespassed
against the LORD his God, and entered into the temple of the LORD, to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

And Azariah the priest went after him, and eighty priests of the LORD with him, men of integrity,

And they rebuked Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It is not for thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, which are sanctified to burn incense. Get thee out of the sanctuary, for thou hast transgressed: and it shall not be honour unto thee in the sight of GOD the LORD.

And Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand. And when he murmured with the priests, leprosy came out in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense.

And Azariah the chief priest turned his head toward him, and all the priests; and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead: and they cast him out from thence. And he himself hasted to go out, because his plague was from the LORD.

So Uzziah the king was a leper unto his death, and dwelt in a leper house: for he was cast out of the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son stood before the king’s house, and judged the people of the land.

And