Bible Reading in Chronicles on King Amaziah

When serving G-d not with a perfect heart, it tends to lean against G-d. By worshiping other gods.

This chapter is another emphasis of G-d’s nature, being one and alone.

No G-d the son, neither Trinity or Triune nor 3-in-1 G-d exist or ever existed.

“King Amaziah”

“Idolatry”

At twenty-five years of age Amaziah became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. …
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He did what was proper in the eyes of Hashem, but not with a perfect heart.
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… he killed his servants who had assassinated his father, the king.
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but he did not put their sons to death, as it is written in the Torah — in the Book of Moses — which Hashem had commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not die because of sons, and sons shall not die because of fathers; rather a man should die for his own sin.”
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A man of God came to him saying, “O King, let the army of Israel not go with you, for Hashem is not with Israel, all the children of Ephraim.
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… for God has the power to aid or to bring defeat.”
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Amaziah said to the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents that I have given to the Israelite troop?” The man of God replied, “Hashem can give you much more than that!”
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It happened that when Amaziah came back after killing the Edomites, and brought the deities of Edom with him, that he set them up for himself as gods. He would bow down to them and burn incense to them.
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So God became angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said to him, “Why do you seek the gods of [another] nation, who did not save their people from your hands?”
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… “I know that God has made a plan to destroy you, for you have done this thing, and you have not heeded my counsel!”
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From the time that Amaziah turned away from Hashem, they organized a revolt against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
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1 When he was twenty-five years old, Amaziah became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.
3 And it was when the kingdom became well established with him, that he executed his servants who had assassinated the king his father.
4 But their sons he did not execute, for as is written in the Torah, in the book of Moses, that the Lord had commanded, saying: “Fathers shall not die for sons, nor shall sons die for fathers, but each man shall die for his own sin.”
5 And Amaziah gathered Judah and stood them up according to their fathers’ houses, according to the chiefs of the thousands and the chiefs of the hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin, and he counted them from twenty years and upward, and he found them three hundred thousand youths who go out to the army, who hold a spear and a shield.
6 And he hired of Israel one hundred thousand mighty warriors for a hundred talents of silver.
7 And a man of God came to him, saying, “O king, let not the army of Israel come with you, for the Lord is not with Israel, even with all the sons of Ephraim.
8 But if you come, do, strengthen yourself for war, [lest] God cause you to stumble before the enemy, for God has strength to help or to cause to stumble.”
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall I do about the hundred talents that I gave to the Israelite troop?” And the man of God replied, “God has much more than this to give you.”
10 And Amaziah separated the troop that had come to him from Ephraim to go to their place, and they were very angry with Judah, and they returned to their place in fierce anger.
11 And Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people, and he went to the Valley of Salt, and he smote the children of Seir, ten thousand.
12 And the children of Judah captured ten thousand alive, and they brought them to the top of the rock, and they cast them from the top of the rock, and they were all split open.
13 And the members of the troop that Amaziah had sent back that they should not go with him to war, raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-Horon, and they smote three thousand of them and plundered much booty.
14 And it was, after Amaziah had come from smiting the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the sons of Seir and set them up for himself for gods, and he prostrated himself before them and burned incense to them.
15 And the Lord became wroth with Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, and he said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who did not save their people from your hand?”
16 And it was when he spoke to him, that he replied to him, “Did we make you an adviser to the king? Desist. Why should they smite you?” So the prophet desisted, and he said, “I know that God has given counsel to destroy you, because you have done this, and you have not heeded my counsel.”
17 And Amaziah, the king of Judah, took counsel, and he sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us confront each other.”
18 And Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah the 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 for a wife; and the wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
19 You said that behold, you have defeated Edom, and your heart has made you haughty to seek glory. Now, stay in your home. Why should you provoke evil and fall, you and Judah with you?”
20 But Amaziah did not heed, because this was from God, in order to deliver them into their hands, for they had sought the gods of Edom.
21 And Joash the king of Israel went up, and they confronted one another, he and Amaziah the king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
22 And Judah was beaten before Israel, and they fled each man to his tent.
23 And Joash the king of Israel seized Amaziah the king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh, and he brought him to Jerusalem and breached the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim until the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.
24 And [he took] all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the House of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s palace, and the hostage children; and he returned to Samaria.
25 And Amaziah the son of Joash the king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz the king of Israel.
26 And the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, both the earlier ones and the later ones-are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27 And from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. And they sent after him to Lachish and assassinated him there.
28 And they carried him on the horses, and they buried him with his forefathers in the city of Judah.