King Amaziah of Judah
(2 Chronicles 25.1-24)1 Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah in the second year of Jehoash's rule in Israel. 2 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled 29 years from Jerusalem, which was also the hometown of his mother Jehoaddin.
3 Amaziah followed the example of his father Joash by obeying the Lord and doing right. But he was not as faithful as his ancestor David. 4 Amaziah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
5 As soon as Amaziah had control of Judah, he arrested and killed the officers who had murdered his father. 6 But the children of those officers were not killed. The Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished, not their parents or children.
7 While Amaziah was king, he killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley. He captured the town of Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is still its name.
8 One day, Amaziah sent a message to King Jehoash of Israel: “Come out and face me in battle!”
9 Jehoash sent back this reply:
Once upon a time, a small thornbush in Lebanon announced that his son was going to marry the daughter of a large cedar tree. But a wild animal came along and trampled the small bush.
10 Amaziah, you think you're so powerful because you defeated Edom. Go ahead and celebrate—but stay at home. If you cause any trouble, both you and your kingdom of Judah will be destroyed.
11 But Amaziah refused to listen. So Jehoash and his troops marched to the town of Beth-Shemesh in Judah to attack Amaziah and his troops. 12 During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home, 13 and Jehoash captured Amaziah.
Jehoash then marched to Jerusalem and broke down the city wall from Ephraim Gate to Corner Gate, a section nearly 200 meters long. 14 He took the gold and silver, as well as everything of value from the Lord's temple and the king's treasury. He took hostages, then returned to Samaria.
15 Everything else Jehoash did while he was king, including his brave deeds and how he defeated King Amaziah of Judah, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel. 16 Jehoash died and was buried in Samaria beside the other Israelite kings. His son Jeroboam then became king.
17 Fifteen years after Jehoash died, 18-20 some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah. He was able to escape to the town of Lachish, but another group of people caught him and killed him there. His body was taken back to Jerusalem on horseback and buried beside his ancestors.
Everything else Amaziah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 21 After his death the people of Judah made his son Azariah king, even though he was only 16 at the time. 22 Azariah was the one who later recaptured and rebuilt the town of Elath.
King Jeroboam the Second of Israel
23 Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel in the fifteenth year of Amaziah's rule in Judah. Jeroboam ruled 41 years from Samaria. 24 He disobeyed the Lord by following the evil example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused the Israelites to sin.
25 Jeroboam extended the boundaries of Israel from Lebo-Hamath in the north to the Dead Sea in the south, just as the Lord had promised his servant Jonah son of Amittai, who was a prophet from Gath-Hepher. 26 The Lord helped Jeroboam do this because he had seen how terribly the Israelites were suffering, whether slave or free, and no one was left to help them. 27 And since the Lord had promised that he would not let Israel be completely destroyed, he helped Jeroboam rescue them.
28 Everything else Jeroboam did while he was king, including his brave deeds and how he recaptured the towns of Damascus and Hamath, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel. 29 Jeroboam died and was buried, and his son Zechariah became king.
أمصيا ملك يهوذا
(2أخ 25:1-4،2أخ 11-12،2أخ 17-28؛ 2أخ 26:1-2)1 وفي السَّنةِ الثَّانيةِ ليوآشَ بنِ يوأحازَ مَلِكِ إِسرائيلَ، ملَكَ أمَصْيا بنُ يوآشَ على يَهوذا 2 وكانَ ابنَ خمْسٍ وعشرينَ سنَةً، ودامَ مُلْكُهُ تِسْعا وعِشرينَ سنَةً بِأورُشليمَ. واسمُ أُمِّهِ يوعَدَّانَ مِنْ أورُشليمَ. 3 وعَمِلَ ما هوَ قويمٌ في نظَرِ الرّبِّ لكِنْ لا كداوُدَ جَدِّهِ، بل كأبـيهِ الّذي اقْتَدى بهِ في كُلِّ أعمالِهِ. 4 إلاَّ أنَّهُ لم يَهدِمْ أماكِنَ عِبادةِ البَعلِ، فظَلَّ الشَّعبُ يذبَحونَ ويُبَخِّرونَ هُناكَ. 5 ولمَّا تـثَبَّتَ مُلْكُهُ، قتلَ رِجالَ حاشيتِهِ الّذينَ قتلوا أباهُ. 6 وأمَّا أبناؤُهُم فلم يقتُلْهُم، بل عَمِلَ بِقولِ الرّبِّ في شريعةِ موسى: «لا يُقتَلُ الآباءُ بِـخطيئةِ البَنينَ، ولا البَنونَ بِـخَطيئةِ الآباءِ، بل كُلُّ إنسانٍ بِـخطيئتِهِ يُقتَلُ».
7 وهزَمَ أمَصْيا في وادي المِلْحِ عشَرَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الأدوميِّينَ، واحتَلَّ مدينةَ سالِـعَ ودَعاها يقتَئيلَ وهذا اسمُها إلى اليومِ.
8 ثُمَّ أرسلَ أمَصْيا إلى يوآشَ بنِ يوأحازَ بنِ ياهو مَلِكِ إِسرائيلَ يقولُ: «لِنَتَواجَهْ في الحربِ فنَرى مَنِ الأقوى». 9 فأجابَهُ يوآشُ: «أرسلَ العَوسَجُ بِلبنانَ إلى الأرزِ يقولُ: زَوِّج ابنَتَكَ لابني. فمَرَّ وحشُ البرِّيَّةِ هُناكَ وداسَ العَوسَجَ. 10 أنتَ انتَصَرْتَ على أدومَ فتَعاظَمْتَ فاقْتَنِعْ بِانْتِصارِكَ هذا والزَمْ بَيتَكَ. أوَ على بالِكَ أنْ تَجلِبَ الشَّرَّ علَيكَ وعلى يَهوذا؟»
11 ولكنَّ أمَصْيا لم يَقتَنِعْ بِهذا الكلامِ، فواجَهَهُ يوآشُ مَلِكُ إِسرائيلَ في معركةٍ عِندَ بَيتَ شمسَ في يَهوذا. 12 فانكسَرَت يَهوذا أمامَ إِسرائيلَ وهربَ كُلُّ واحدٍ إلى بَيتِهِ. 13 وقبَضَ يوآشُ على أمَصْيا في بَيتَ شَمسَ، وجاءَ إلى أورُشليمَ وهدَمَ سُورَها مِنْ بابِ أفرايمَ إلى بابِ الزَّاويةِ، على أربَعِ مئَةِ ذِراعٍ. 14 وأخذَ جميعَ الذَّهبِ والفضَّةِ والآنيةِ الّتي وجَدَها في هَيكلِ الرّبِّ وفي خزائِنِ قصرِ المَلِكِ، ورجَعَ إلى السَّامِرةِ ومعَهُ عدَدٌ مِنَ الرَّهائِنِ.
15 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ يوآشَ وبَسالَتِهِ وأعمالِهِ وحُروبِهِ ضِدَّ أمَصْيا مَلِكِ يَهوذا، مُدَوَّنٌ في سفْرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ. 16 وماتَ يوآشُ ودُفِنَ بِالسَّامِرةِ معَ مُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ، وملَكَ يَرُبعامُ ابنُهُ مكانَهُ.
موت أمصيا ملك يهوذا
17 وعاشَ أمَصْيا بنُ يوآشَ مَلِكِ يَهوذا، بَعدَما ماتَ يوآشُ بنُ يوأحازَ مَلِكِ إسرائيلَ خمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سنَةً. 18 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ أمَصْيا مُدَوَّنٌ في سفْرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ يَهوذا. 19 وقامَتْ علَيهِ ثَورةٌ في أورُشليمَ، فهربَ إلى لَخيشَ فلَحِقَ بهِ خُصومُهُ وقتَلوهُ هُناكَ. 20 وحُمِلَ على فرَسٍ ودُفِنَ بِأورُشليمَ معَ آبائِهِ في مدينةِ داوُدَ. 21 وأقامَ شعبُ يَهوذا عزَرْيا مَلِكا مكانَ أبـيهِ أمَصْيا. وهوَ ابنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سنَةً، 22 واستَرَدَّ عزَرْيا أيلَةَ ليَهوذا وأعادَ بِناءَها بَعدَما ماتَ أبوهُ.
يربعام بن يوآش ملك إسرائيل
23 في السَّنةِ الخامِسةَ عَشْرَةَ لأمَصْيا بنِ يوآشَ مَلِكِ يَهوذا، ملَكَ يَرُبعامُ بنُ يوآشَ على إِسرائيلَ بِالسَّامِرةِ إحدى وأربَعينَ سنَةً. 24 وفعَلَ الشَّرَّ في نظَرِ الرّبِّ وما حادَ عَنْ جميعِ خطايا يَرُبعامَ بنِ نَباطَ الّذي جعَلَ شعبَ إِسرائيلَ يَخطَأُ. 25 وهوَ الّذي استَرَدَّ لإِسرائيلَ الأرضَ الّتي خسِرَتْها مِنْ لَبو حماةَ في الشَّمالِ إلى البحرِ المَيتِ جَنوبا، كما قالَ الرّبُّ على لِسانِ عبدِهِ يونانَ بنِ أمتايَ النَّبـيِّ الّذي مِنْ جَتَّ حافِرَ. 26 ذلِكَ لأنَّ الرّبَّ رأى كم كانَ بُؤسُ شعبِ إِسرائيلَ مُرًّا بحَيثُ لا يَقدِرُ أنْ يُعينَهُم عبدٌ أو حُرٌّ. 27 ولأنَّ الرّبَّ لم يَشأْ أنْ يَمحُوَ اسمَ إِسرائيلَ مِنْ على الأرضِ، خلَّصَهُم على يَدِ يَرُبعامَ بنِ يوآشَ.
28 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ يَرُبعامَ وبَسالَتِهِ وأعمالِهِ وحُروبِهِ واستِرجاعِهِ دِمَشقَ وحماةَ لإِسرائيلَ، مُدَوَّنٌ في سِفْرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ. 29 وماتَ يَرُبعامُ ودُفِنَ في السَّامِرةِ معَ آبائِهِ مُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ، وملَكَ زكَريَّا ابنُهُ مكانَهُ.