4th Kingdoms (LXX)
Chapter 14
In the second year of Joas the son of Joachaz the King of Israel, Amessias the son of Joas the King of Judah also became king. 2 He was a son of twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Joadim of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not as David his father; he did according to all the things that his father Joas did. 4 Yet, he did not remove the high places; the people were still sacrificing and making incense offerings on the high places. 5 And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand that he struck down his servants that had struck down his father. 6 But he did not kill the sons of those that had struck him down, as it is written in the book of the laws of Moses, as the Lord commandment, saying, Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers, but only each one shall die for his own sins. 7 He struck Edom in * Gaimele ten thousand, and took the Rock in the battle, and called its name * Kathoel until this day. 8 Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Ju King of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Lebanon passed by and trod down the thistle. 10 Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy hurt? So both thou wilt fall and Judah with thee. 11 And Amessias did not listen. So * Joas the King of Israel went up, and he and Amessias, the King of Judah looked one another in the face in Baithsamys of Judah. 12 And Judah was struck down before Israel, and every man fled to his tent. 13 And Joas the King of Israel captured Amessias the son of Joas the son of Ochozias, in Baithsamys. And he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, in the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, a distance of four hundred cubits. 14 And he took the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and the sons of the couplings, and returned to Samaria. 15 And the rest of the events of Joas, even all that he did in his strength, how he fought with Amessias, the King of Judah, are not these things written in the book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 16 And Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amessias the son of Joas, the King of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joas the son of Joachaz, the King of Israel. 18 And the rest of the events of Amessias, and all that he did, are these not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Judah? 19 And they conspired against him with a conspiracy in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis. And * they sent after him to Lachis, and killed him there. 20 And they carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took Azarias, and he was a son of sixteen years, and made him king instead of his father Amessias. 22 He built Ailoth and returned it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 23 In the fifteenth year of Amessias the son of Joas, the King of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joas began to reign over Israel in Samaria for forty-one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Aimath as far as the Sea of Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of His servant Jonas the son of Amathi, who was the prophet from * Gethchopher. 26 For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few, bound and in want, and abandoned, and Israel had no helper. 27 And the Lord had not decreed He would wipe out the seed of Israel from under heaven, and he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas. 28 And the rest of the events of Jeroboam and all that he did, and all his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he turned against Damascus and Aimath belonging to Judah in Israel, are these things not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, * and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Remele”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Jekthoel”.
* i.e. “Assassins”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Gethchober”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “and Azarias the son of Amessias reigned in his father’s stead”.
Chapter 14
In the second year of Joas the son of Joachaz the King of Israel, Amessias the son of Joas the King of Judah also became king. 2 He was a son of twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Joadim of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not as David his father; he did according to all the things that his father Joas did. 4 Yet, he did not remove the high places; the people were still sacrificing and making incense offerings on the high places. 5 And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand that he struck down his servants that had struck down his father. 6 But he did not kill the sons of those that had struck him down, as it is written in the book of the laws of Moses, as the Lord commandment, saying, Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers, but only each one shall die for his own sins. 7 He struck Edom in * Gaimele ten thousand, and took the Rock in the battle, and called its name * Kathoel until this day. 8 Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Ju King of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Lebanon passed by and trod down the thistle. 10 Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy hurt? So both thou wilt fall and Judah with thee. 11 And Amessias did not listen. So * Joas the King of Israel went up, and he and Amessias, the King of Judah looked one another in the face in Baithsamys of Judah. 12 And Judah was struck down before Israel, and every man fled to his tent. 13 And Joas the King of Israel captured Amessias the son of Joas the son of Ochozias, in Baithsamys. And he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, in the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, a distance of four hundred cubits. 14 And he took the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and the sons of the couplings, and returned to Samaria. 15 And the rest of the events of Joas, even all that he did in his strength, how he fought with Amessias, the King of Judah, are not these things written in the book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 16 And Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amessias the son of Joas, the King of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joas the son of Joachaz, the King of Israel. 18 And the rest of the events of Amessias, and all that he did, are these not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Judah? 19 And they conspired against him with a conspiracy in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis. And * they sent after him to Lachis, and killed him there. 20 And they carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took Azarias, and he was a son of sixteen years, and made him king instead of his father Amessias. 22 He built Ailoth and returned it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 23 In the fifteenth year of Amessias the son of Joas, the King of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joas began to reign over Israel in Samaria for forty-one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Aimath as far as the Sea of Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of His servant Jonas the son of Amathi, who was the prophet from * Gethchopher. 26 For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few, bound and in want, and abandoned, and Israel had no helper. 27 And the Lord had not decreed He would wipe out the seed of Israel from under heaven, and he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas. 28 And the rest of the events of Jeroboam and all that he did, and all his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he turned against Damascus and Aimath belonging to Judah in Israel, are these things not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, * and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Remele”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Jekthoel”.
* i.e. “Assassins”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “Gethchober”.
* Codex Vaticanus reads: “and Azarias the son of Amessias reigned in his father’s stead”.
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