II Chronicles Chapter 25
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darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Amaziah was twenty-five years old [when] he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart.
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And it came to pass when the kingdom was established unto him, that he killed his servants who had smitten the king his father.
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But their children he did not put to death, but [did] according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, wherein Jehovah commanded saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, nor shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
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And Amaziah gathered Judah together and arranged them according to the fathers' houses, according to the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, that could handle spear and target.
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He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
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But there came a man ofGod to him, saying, O king, let not the host of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, [with] all the children of Ephraim.
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But if thou wilt go, do [it]; be strong for the battle:God will make thee fall before the enemy, for there is withGod power to help and to cast down.
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And Amaziah said to the man ofGod, But what is to be done for the hundred talents which I have given to the troop of Israel? And the man ofGod said, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.
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Then Amaziah separated them, — the troop that was come to him out of Ephraim, — to go home again. And their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
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But Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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And the children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in pieces.
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But those of the troop that Amaziah had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah from Samaria as far as Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
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And it came to pass after Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought thegods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be hisgods, and bowed himself down before them, and burned incense to them.
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And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why dost thou seek after thegods of a people who have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?
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And it came to pass as he talked with him, that [Amaziah] said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know thatGod has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
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And Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
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And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
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Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee?
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But Amaziah would not hear; for it was ofGod, that he might deliver them into [the enemy's] hand, because they had sought after thegods of Edom.
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And Joash king of Israel went up; and they looked one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.
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And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
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And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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And he [took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house ofGod with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
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And Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
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And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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And from the time that Amaziah turned aside from following Jehovah, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
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And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Vigintiquinque annorum erat Amasias cum regnare cœpisset, et vigintinovem annis regnavit in Ierusalem, nomen matris eius Ioadan de Ierusalem.
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Fecitque bonum in conspectu Domini: verumtamen non in corde perfecto.
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Cumque roboratum sibi videret imperium, iugulavit servos, qui occiderant regem patrem suum,
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sed filios eorum non interfecit sicut scriptum est in Libro legis Moysi, ubi præcepit Dominus, dicens: Non occidentur patres pro filiis, neque filii pro patribus suis, sed unusquisque in suo peccato morietur.
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Congregavit igitur Amasias Iudam, et constituit eos per familias, tribunosque et centuriones in universo Iuda, et Beniamin: et recensuit a viginti annis supra, invenitque trecenta millia iuvenum, qui egrederentur ad pugnam, et tenerent hastam et clypeum:
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Mercede quoque conduxit de Israel centum millia robustorum, centum talentis argenti.
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Venit autem homo Dei ad illum, et ait: O rex, ne egrediatur tecum exercitus Israel: non est enim Dominus cum Israel, et cunctis filiis Ephraim:
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quod si putas in robore exercitus bella consistere, superari te faciet Deus ab hostibus: Dei quippe est et adiuvare, et in fugam convertere.
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Dixitque Amasias ad hominem Dei: Quid ergo fiet de centum talentis, quæ dedi militibus Israel? Et respondit ei homo Dei: Habet Dominus unde tibi dare possit multo his plura.
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Separavit itaque Amasias exercitum, qui venerat ad eum ex Ephraim, ut reverteretur in locum suum: at illi contra Iudam vehementer irati, reversi sunt in regionem suam.
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Porro Amasias confidenter eduxit populum suum, et abiit in Vallem salinarum, percussitque filios Seir decem millia.
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Et alia decem millia virorum ceperunt filii Iuda, et adduxerunt ad præruptum cuiusdam petræ, præcipitaveruntque eos de summo in præceps, qui universi crepuerunt.
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At ille exercitus, quem remiserat Amasias ne secum iret ad prælium, diffusus est in civitatibus Iuda a Samaria usque ad Bethoron, et interfectis tribus millibus, diripuit prædam magnam.
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Amasias vero post cædem Idumæorum, et allatos deos filiorum Seir, statuit illos in deos sibi, et adorabat eos, et illis adolebat incensum.
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Quam ob rem iratus Dominus contra Amasiam misit ad illum prophetam, qui diceret ei: Cur adorasti deos, qui non liberaverunt populum suum de manu tua?
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Cumque hæc ille loqueretur, respondit ei: Num consiliarius regis es? quiesce ne interficiam te. Discedensque propheta, Scio, inquit, quod cogitaverit Deus occidere te, quia fecisti hoc malum, et insuper non acquievisti consilio meo.
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Igitur Amasias rex Iuda inito pessimo consilio, misit ad Ioas filium Ioachaz filii Iehu, regem Israel, dicens: Veni, videamus nos mutuo.
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At ille remisit nuncios, dicens: Carduus, qui est in Libano, misit ad cedrum Libani, dicens: Da filiam tuam filio meo uxorem: et ecce bestiæ, quæ erant in silva Libani, transierunt, et conculcaverunt carduum.
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Dixisti: Percussi Edom, et idcirco erigitur cor tuum in superbiam: sede in domo tua, cur malum adversum te provocas, ut cadas et tu, et Iuda tecum?
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Noluit audire Amasias, eo quod Domini esset voluntas ut traderetur in manus hostium propter deos Edom.
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Ascendit igitur Ioas rex Israel, et mutuos sibi præbuere conspectus: Amasias autem rex Iuda erat in Bethsames Iuda:
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corruitque Iuda coram Israel, et fugit in tabernacula sua.
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Porro Amasiam regem Iuda, filium Ioas filii Ioachaz, cepit Ioas rex Israel in Bethsames, et adduxit in Ierusalem: destruxitque murum eius a porta Ephraim usque ad portam anguli quadringentis cubitis.
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Omne quoque aurum, et argentum, et universa vasa, quæ repererat in domo Dei, et apud Obededom in thesauris etiam domus regiæ, necnon et filios obsidum reduxit in Samariam.
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Vixit autem Amasias filius Ioas rex Iuda, postquam mortuus est Ioas filius Ioachaz rex Israel, quindecim annis.
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Reliqua autem sermonum Amasiæ priorum et novissimorum scripta sunt in Libro regum Iuda et Israel.
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Qui postquam recessit a Domino, tetenderunt ei insidias in Ierusalem. Cumque fugisset in Lachis, miserunt, et interfecerunt eum ibi.
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Reportantesque super equos, sepelierunt eum cum patribus suis in Civitate David.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,
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and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah--only, not with a perfect heart.
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And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,
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and their sons he hath not put to death, but <FI>did<Fi> as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'
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And Amaziah gathereth Judah, and appointeth them, according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands, and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspecteth them from a son of twenty years and upward, and findeth them three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and target.
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And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;
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and a man of God hath come in unto him, saying, `O king, the host of Israel doth not go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel--all the sons of Ephraim;
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but if thou art going--do <FI>it<Fi> , be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'
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And Amaziah saith to the man of God, `And what--to do for the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel?' And the man of God saith, `Jehovah hath more to give to thee than this.'
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And Amaziah separateth them--for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place, and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah, and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger.
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And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir--ten thousand.
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And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.
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And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle--they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey.
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And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume.
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And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Amaziah, and He sendeth unto him a prophet, and he saith unto him, `Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand?'
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And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'
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And Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel, and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
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`Come, we look one another in the face.' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that <FI>is<Fi> in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that <FI>is<Fi> in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that <FI>is<Fi> in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.
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Thou hast said, Lo, I have smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast; now, abide in thy house, why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'
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And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it <FI>is<Fi> in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;
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and go up doth Joash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that <FI>is<Fi> Judah's,
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and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee--each to his tents.
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And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh, and bringeth him in to Jerusalem, and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits,
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and <FI>taketh<Fi> all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.
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And Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, liveth after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years;
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and the rest of the matters of Amaziah, the first and the last, lo, are they not written on the books of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah--they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,
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and lift him up on the horses, and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
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Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).