1In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.3He did what was upright in the eyes of the LORD, except that he did not do so like David his father; he acted according to everything that Joash his father had done.4Except that the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and offering burn offerings at the high places.5As soon as the kingdom was strengthened in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father.6But he did not put to death the sons of those who had struck down his father, according to what is written in the scroll of the instruction of Moses that the LORD commanded: "Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor sons for their fathers; rather, each person shall be put to death for his own sin."7He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle; he called its name Joktheel, as it is called to this day.8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us confront one another."9Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: "The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' But a wild animal of Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.10You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has made you arrogant. Stay at home and do not provoke trouble, lest you fall and Judah with you."11But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel advanced; he and Amaziah king of Judah confronted one another at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.12Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.13Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. He then came to Jerusalem and breached the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a distance of four hundred cubits.14He seized all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, together with the sons held as security, and returned to Samaria.15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, including his might and how he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?16Jehoash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam reigned in his place.17Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.18Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?19They formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent men after him to Lachish and put him to death there.20They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.21Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.22He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah the king lay down with his fathers.