The Second Book of Kings, Chapter 14מלכים ב 14

בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְיוֹאָ֥שׁ בֶּן יוֹאָחָ֖ז מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ בֶן יוֹאָ֖שׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

בֶּן עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָתֵ֨שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ יהועדין יְהֽוֹעַדָּ֖ן מִן יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה רַ֕ק לֹ֖א כְּדָוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו כְּכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֛ה יוֹאָ֥שׁ אָבִ֖יו עָשָֽׂה

And he did right in the sight of YHWH, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

רַ֥ק הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא סָ֑רוּ ע֥וֹד הָעָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּבָּמֽוֹת

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר חָזְקָ֥ה הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה בְּיָד֑וֹ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת עֲבָדָ֔יו הַמַּכִּ֖ים אֶת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אָבִֽיו

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

וְאֶת בְּנֵ֥י הַמַּכִּ֖ים לֹ֣א הֵמִ֑ית כַּכָּת֣וּב בְּסֵ֣פֶר תּֽוֹרַת מֹ֠שֶׁה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא יוּמְת֨וּ אָב֤וֹת עַל בָּנִים֙ וּבָנִים֙ לֹא יוּמְת֣וּ עַל אָב֔וֹת כִּ֛י אִם אִ֥ישׁ בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ ימות יוּמָֽת

But the children of the murderers he slew not: according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein YHWH 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 be put to death for his own sin.

הוּא הִכָּ֨ה אֶת אֱד֤וֹם בְּגֵיא המלח מֶ֨לַח֙ עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְתָפַ֥שׂ אֶת הַסֶּ֖לַע בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת שְׁמָהּ֙ יָקְתְאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.

אָ֣ז שָׁלַ֤ח אֲמַצְיָה֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל יְהוֹאָ֨שׁ בֶּן יְהוֹאָחָ֧ז בֶּן יֵה֛וּא מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לְכָ֖ה נִתְרָאֶ֥ה פָנִֽים

Then 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.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן שָׁ֠לַח אֶל הָאֶ֜רֶז אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָֽה אֶת בִּתְּךָ֥ לִבְנִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס אֶת הַחֽוֹחַ

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that in Lebanon sent to the cedar that in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

הַכֵּ֤ה הִכִּ֨יתָ֙ אֶת אֱד֔וֹם וּֽנְשָׂאֲךָ֖ לִבֶּ֑ךָ הִכָּבֵד֙ וְשֵׁ֣ב בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ וְלָ֤מָּה תִתְגָּרֶה֙ בְּרָעָ֔ה וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה אַתָּ֖ה וִיהוּדָ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ

You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory , and tarry at home: for why shouldest you meddle to hurt, that you shouldest fall, you, and Judah with you?

וְלֹא שָׁמַ֣ע אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ וַיַּ֨עַל יְהוֹאָ֤שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ פָנִ֔ים ה֖וּא וַאֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה בְּבֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִיהוּדָֽה

But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which to Judah.

וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף יְהוּדָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ אִ֥ישׁ לאהלו לְאֹהָלָֽיו

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

וְאֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ תָּפַ֛שׂ יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ ויבאו וַיָּבֹא֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹץ֩ בְּחוֹמַ֨ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם בְּשַׁ֤עַר אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ עַד שַׁ֣עַר הַפִּנָּ֔ה אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אַמָּֽה

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

וְלָקַ֣ח אֶת כָּל הַזָּהָב וְ֠הַכֶּסֶף וְאֵ֨ת כָּל הַכֵּלִ֜ים הַנִּמְצְאִ֣ים בֵּית יְהוָ֗ה וּבְאֹֽצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י הַתַּֽעֲרֻב֑וֹת וַיָּ֖שָׁב שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה

And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of YHWH, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

וְיֶתֶר֩ דִּבְרֵ֨י יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר נִלְחַ֔ם עִ֖ם אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הֲלֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יְהוֹאָשׁ֙ עִם אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן עִ֖ם מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יָרָבְעָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

וַיְחִ֨י אֲמַצְיָ֤הוּ בֶן יוֹאָשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה אַֽחֲרֵ֣י מ֔וֹת יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בֶּן יְהֽוֹאָחָ֖ז מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

וְיֶ֖תֶר דִּבְרֵ֣י אֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ הֲלֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ עָלָ֥יו קֶ֛שֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֣נָס לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַֽחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ עַל הַסּוּסִ֑ים וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם עִם אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֥יר דָּוִֽד

And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

וַיִּקְח֞וּ כָּל עַ֤ם יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת עֲזַרְיָ֔ה וְה֕וּא בֶּן שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ אֹת֔וֹ תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת אֵילַ֔ת וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָ לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אַחֲרֵ֥י שְׁכַֽב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עִם אֲבֹתָֽיו

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

בִּשְׁנַת֙ חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ בֶן יוֹאָ֖שׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ יָרָבְעָ֨ם בֶּן יוֹאָ֤שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וְאַחַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה

In 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, forty and one years.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֣א סָ֗ר מִכָּל חַטֹּאות֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן נְבָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And he did evil in the sight of YHWH: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

ה֗וּא הֵשִׁיב֙ אֶת גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִלְּב֥וֹא חֲמָ֖ת עַד יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה כִּדְבַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֗ר בְּיַד עַבְדּ֞וֹ יוֹנָ֤ה בֶן אֲמִתַּי֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִגַּ֥ת הַחֵֽפֶר

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the word of YHWH God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which of Gathhepher.

כִּי רָאָ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶת עֳנִ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֹרֶ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאֶ֤פֶס עָצוּר֙ וְאֶ֣פֶס עָז֔וּב וְאֵ֥ין עֹזֵ֖ר לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל

For YHWH saw the affliction of Israel, very bitter: for not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

וְלֹא דִבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לִמְחוֹת֙ אֶת שֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיּ֣וֹשִׁיעֵ֔ם בְּיַ֖ד יָרָבְעָ֥ם בֶּן יוֹאָֽשׁ

And YHWH said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

וְיֶתֶר֩ דִּבְרֵ֨י יָרָבְעָ֜ם וְכָל אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ וּגְבוּרָת֣וֹ אֲשֶׁר נִלְחָ֔ם וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵשִׁ֜יב אֶת דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק וְאֶת חֲמָ֛ת לִיהוּדָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֲלֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב יָֽרָבְעָם֙ עִם אֲבֹתָ֔יו עִ֖ם מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ זְכַרְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.