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1L’anno secondo di Joas, figliuolo di Joachaz, re d’Israele, cominciò a regnare Amatsia, figliuolo di Joas, re di Giuda. 2Avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò ventinove anni a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Jehoaddan, ed era di Gerusalemme. 3Egli fece ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi dell’Eterno; non però come Davide suo padre; fece interamente come avea fatto Joas suo padre. 4Nondimeno gli alti luoghi non furon soppressi; il popolo continuava ad offrir sacrifizi e profumi sugli alti luoghi. 5E, non appena il potere reale fu assicurato nelle sue mani, egli fece morire quei servi suoi che avean ucciso il re suo padre; 6ma non fece morire i figliuoli degli uccisori, secondo ch’è scritto nel libro della legge di Mosè, dove l’Eterno ha dato questo comandamento: "I padri non saranno messi a morte a cagione dei figliuoli, né i figliuoli saranno messi a morte a cagione dei padri; ma ciascuno sarà messo a morte a cagione del proprio peccato". 7Egli uccise diecimila Idumei nella valle del Sale; e in questa guerra prese Sela e le dette il nome di Joktheel, che ha conservato fino al dì d’oggi. 8Allora Amatsia inviò dei messi a Joas, figliuolo di Joachaz, figliuolo di Jehu, re d’Israele, per dirgli: "Vieni, mettiamoci a faccia a faccia!" 9E Joas, re d’Israele, fece dire ad Amatsia, re di Giuda: "Lo spino del Libano mandò a dire al cedro del Libano: Da’ la tua figliuola per moglie al mio figliuolo. E le bestie selvagge del Libano passarono, e calpestarono lo spino. 10Tu hai messo in rotta gl’Idumei, e il tuo cuore t’ha reso orgoglioso. Godi della tua gloria, e stattene a casa tua. Perché impegnarti in una disgraziata impresa che menerebbe alla ruina te e Giuda con te?" 11Ma Amatsia non gli volle dar retta. Così Joas, re d’Israele, salì contro Amatsia; ed egli ed Amatsia, re di Giuda, si trovarono a faccia a faccia a Beth-Scemesh, che apparteneva a Giuda. 12Giuda rimase sconfitto da Israele; e que’ di Giuda fuggirono ognuno alla sua tenda. 13E Joas, re d’Israele, fece prigioniero a Beth-Scemesh Amatsia, re di Giuda, figliuolo di Joas, figliuolo di Achazia. Poi venne a Gerusalemme, e fece una breccia di quattrocento cubiti nelle mura di Gerusalemme, dalla porta di Efraim alla porta dell’angolo. 14E prese tutto l’oro e l’argento e tutti i vasi che si trovavano nella casa dell’Eterno e nei tesori della casa del re; prese anche degli ostaggi, e se ne tornò a Samaria. 15Il rimanente delle azioni compiute da Joas, e il suo valore, e come combatté contro Amatsia re di Giuda, sono cose scritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele. 16Joas si addormentò coi suoi padri e fu sepolto a Samaria coi re d’Israele; e Geroboamo, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo. 17Amatsia, figliuolo di Joas, re di Giuda, visse ancora quindici anni dopo la morte di Joas, figliuolo di Joachaz, re d’Israele. 18Il rimanente delle azioni di Amatsia si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda. 19Fu ordita contro di lui una congiura a Gerusalemme; ed egli fuggì a Lakis; ma lo fecero inseguire fino a Lakis, e quivi fu messo a morte. 20Di là fu trasportato sopra cavalli, e quindi sepolto a Gerusalemme coi suoi padri nella città di Davide. 21E tutto il popolo di Giuda prese Azaria, che aveva allora sedici anni, e lo fece re in luogo di Amatsia suo padre. 22Egli riedificò Elath, e la riconquistò a Giuda, dopo che il re si fu addormentato coi suoi padri. 23L’anno quindicesimo di Amatsia, figliuolo di Joas, re di Giuda, cominciò a regnare a Samaria Geroboamo, figliuolo di Joas, re d’Israele; e regnò quarantun anni. 24Egli fece quello ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; non si ritrasse da alcuno dei peccati coi quali Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, avea fatto peccare Israele. 25Egli ristabilì i confini d’Israele dall’ingresso di Hamath al mare della pianura, secondo la parola che l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele, avea pronunziata per mezzo del suo servitore il profeta Giona, figliuolo di Amittai, che era di Gath-Hefer. 26Poiché l’Eterno vide che l’afflizione d’Israele era amarissima, che schiavi e liberi eran ridotti all’estremo, e che non c’era più alcuno che soccorresse Israele. 27L’Eterno non avea parlato ancora di cancellare il nome d’Israele di disotto al cielo; quindi li salvò, per mano di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Joas. 28Il rimanente delle azioni di Geroboamo, e tutto quello che fece, e il suo valore in guerra, e come riconquistò a Israele Damasco e Hamath che aveano appartenuto a Giuda, si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele. 29Geroboamo si addormentò coi suoi padri, i re d’Israele; e Zaccaria, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

1In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. 2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 5As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father: 6but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, “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 killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day. 8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.” 9Jehoash the king of Israel sent 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 wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle. 10You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’” 11But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12Judah was defeated by Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 13Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, 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, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place. 17Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there. 20They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria for forty-one years. 24He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh’s word, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher. 26For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was no one shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 27Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

1In het tweede jaar van Joas, den zoon van Joahaz, den koning van Israel, werd Amazia koning, de zoon van Joas, den koning van Juda. 2Vijf en twintig jaren was hij oud, toen hij koning werd, en regeerde negen en twintig jaren te Jeruzalem; en de naam zijner moeder was Joaddan van Jeruzalem. 3En hij deed dat recht was in de ogen des HEEREN, nochtans niet als zijn vader David; hij deed naar alles, wat zijn vader Joas gedaan had. 4Alleenlijk werden de hoogten niet weggenomen; het volk offerde en rookt nog op de hoogten. 5Het geschiedde nu, als het koninkrijk in zijn hand versterkt was, dat hij zijn knechten sloeg, die den koning, zijn vader, geslagen hadden, 6Doch de kinderen der doodslagers doodde hij niet; gelijk geschreven is in het wetboek van Mozes, waar de HEERE geboden heeft, zeggende: De vaders zullen voor de kinderen niet gedood worden, en de kinderen zullen voor de vaders niet gedood worden; maar een ieder zal om zijn zonde gedood worden. 7Hij sloeg de Edomieten in het Zoutdal tien duizend, en nam Sela in met krijg, en noemde haar naam Jokteel, tot op dezen dag. 8Toen zond Amazia boden tot Joas, den zoon van Joahaz, den zoon van Jehu, den koning van Israel, zeggende: Kom, laat ons elkanders aangezicht zien. 9Maar Joas, de koning van Israel, zond tot Amazia, den koning van Juda, zeggende: De distel, die op den Libanon is, zond tot den ceder, die op den Libanon is, zeggende: Geef uw dochter mijn zoon ter vrouw; maar het gedierte des velds, dat op den Libanon is, ging voorbij, en vertrad den distel. 10Gij hebt de Edomieten dapper geslagen, daarom heeft uw hart u verheven; heb de eer, en blijf in uw huis; want waarom zoudt gij u in het kwade mengen, dat gij vallen zoudt, gij en Juda met u? 11Doch Amazia hoorde niet; daarom toog Joas, de koning van Israel, op, zodat hij en Amazia, de koning van Juda, elkanders aangezicht zagen te Beth-Semes, dat in Juda is. 12En Juda werd geslagen voor het aangezicht van Israel, en zij vloden, een iegelijk in zijn tenten. 13En Joas, de koning van Israel, greep Amazia, den koning van Juda, den zoon van Joas, den zoon van Ahazia, te Beth-Semes, en kwam te Jeruzalem; en hij brak aan den muur van Jeruzalem, van de poort van Efraim tot aan de Hoekpoort, vierhonderd ellen. 14En hij nam al het goud, en het zilver, en al de vaten, die gevonden werden in het huis des HEEREN, en in de schatten van des konings huis, mitsgaders gijzelaars; en hij keerde weder naar Samaria. 15Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Joas, wat hij gedaan heeft, en zijn macht, en hoe hij gestreden heeft tegen Amazia, den koning van Juda, zijn die niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Israel? 16En Joas ontsliep met zijn vaderen, en werd te Samaria begraven bij de koningen van Israel; en zijn zoon Jerobeam werd koning in zijn plaats. 17Amazia nu, de zoon van Joas, koning van Juda, leefde na den dood van Joas, den zoon van Joahaz, den koning van Israel, vijftien jaren. 18Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Amazia, is dat niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Juda? 19En zij maakten een verbintenis tegen hem te Jeruzalem, dat hij vluchtte naar Lachis; maar zij zonden hem na tot Lachis, en doodden hem aldaar. 20En zij brachten hem op paarden; en hij werd te Jeruzalem begraven, bij zijn vaderen, in de stad Davids. 21En het ganse volk van Juda nam Azaria (die nu zestien jaren oud was), en maakten hem koning in plaats van zijn vader Amazia. 22Die bouwde Elath, en bracht haar weder aan Juda, nadat de koning met zijn vaderen ontslapen was. 23In het vijftiende jaar van Amazia, den zoon van Joas, den koning van Juda, werd te Samaria koning, Jerobeam, de zoon van Joas, koning van Israel, en regeerde een en veertig jaren. 24En hij deed dat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN; hij week niet van alle zonden van Jerobeam, den zoon van Nebat, die Israel zondigen deed. 25Hij bracht ook weder de landpale van Israel van den ingang van Hamath, tot aan de zee van het vlakke veld; naar het woord des HEEREN, des Gods van Israel, dat Hij gesproken had door den dienst van Zijn knecht Jona, den zoon van Amitthai, den profeet, die van Gath-hefer was. 26Want de HEERE zag, dat de ellende van Israel zeer bitter was, en dat er geen opgeslotenen noch verlatenen waren, en dat Israel geen helper had. 27En de HEERE had niet gesproken, dat Hij den naam van Israel van onder den hemel verdelgen zou; maar Hij verloste hen door de hand van Jerobeam, den zoon van Joas. 28Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Jerobeam, en al wat hij gedaan heeft, en zijn macht, hoe hij gekrijgd heeft, en hoe hij Damaskus en Hamath, tot Juda behorende, aan Israel wedergebracht heeft, zijn die niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Israel? 29En Jerobeam ontsliep met zijn vaderen, met de koningen van Israel; en zijn zoon Zacharia werd koning in zijn plaats.