But he did not put to death the children of the assassins, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Teaching of Moses, where GOD commanded, “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents; they shall be put to death only for their own crime.”aSo Deut. 24.16.
Then Amaziah sent envoys to King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu of Israel, with this message: “Come, let us confrontbconfront In battle. each other.”
King Jehoash of Israel sent back this message to King Amaziah of Judah: “The thistle in Lebanon sent this message to the cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But a wild beast in Lebanon went by and trampled down the thistle.
Because you have defeated Edom, you have become arrogant. Stay home and enjoy your glory, rather than provoke disaster and fall, dragging Judah down with you.”
King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah of Judah at Beth-shemesh. He marched on Jerusalem, and he made a breach of four hundred cubits in the wall of Jerusalem, fromcfrom Heb. “at.” the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
He carried off all the gold and silver and all the vessels that there were in the House of GOD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as hostages; and he returned to Samaria.
The other events of Jehoash’s reign, and all his actions and exploits, and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
It was he who restored the territory of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the sea of the Arabah, in accordance with the promise that the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, had made through God’s servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.
The other events of Jeroboam’s reign, and all his actions and exploits, how he fought and recovered Damascus and Hamath for Judah in Israel,efor Judah in Israel Emendation yields “for Israel.” are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויתר
616
דברי
216
ירבעם
322
וכלאשר
557
עשה
375
וגבורתו
623
אשרנלחם
629
ואשר
507
השיב
317
אתדמשק
845
ואתחמת
855
ליהודה
60
בישראל
543
הלאהם
81
כתובים
478
עלספר
440
דברי
216
הימים
105
למלכי
130
ישראל
541
II Kings 14:29
Gematria: 3250
וישכבירבעםעםאבתיועםמלכיישראלוימלךזכריהבנותחתיופ
Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah succeeded him as king.