II Kings 14

bishnat shetayim leyo'ash ben-yo'akhaz melekh yisra'el malakh amatsyahu ven-yo'ash melekh yehudah

In the second year of King Joash son of Joahaz of Israel, Amaziah son of King Joash of Judah became king.

ben-esrim vekhamesh shanah hayah vemolkho ve'esrim vatesha shanah malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo (yhvdyn) [yeho'addan] min-yerushalai͏m

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

vayya'as hayyashar be'ene Adonai raq lo kedavid aviv kekhol asher-asah yo'ash aviv asah

He did what was pleasing to GOD, but not like his forefather David; he did just as his father Joash had done.

raq habbamot lo-saru od ha'am mezabbekhim umeqatterim babbamot

However, the shrines were not removed; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings at the shrines.

vayehi ka'asher khazeqah hammamlakhah beyado vayyakh et-avadayw hammakkim et-hammelekh aviv

Once he had the kingdom firmly in his grasp, he put to death the courtiers who had assassinated his father the king.

ve'et-bene hammakkim lo hemit kakkatuv besefer-torat-mosheh asher-tsivvah Adonai lemor lo-yumetu avot al-banim uvanim lo-yumetu al-avot ki im-ish bekheto (ymvt) [yumat]

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.”

hu-hikkah et-edom bege-[melakh] (hmlkh) aseret alafim vetafas et-hassela bammilkhamah vayyiqra et-shemah yoqte'el ad hayyom hazzeh

He defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, as is still the case.

az shalakh amatsyah malakhim el-yeho'ash ben-yeho'akhaz ben-yehu melekh yisra'el lemor lekhah nitra'eh fanim

Then Amaziah sent envoys to King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu of Israel, with this message: “Come, let us confront each other.”

vayyishlakh yeho'ash melekh-yisra'el el-amatsyahu melekh-yehudah lemor hakhoakh asher ballevanon shalakh el-ha'erez asher ballevanon lemor tenah-et-bittekha livni le'isha vatta'avor khayyat hassadeh asher ballevanon vattirmos et-hakhoakh

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.

hakkeh hikkita et-edom unesa'akha libbekha hikkaved veshev bevetekha velammah titgareh bera'ah venafaltah attah vihudah immakh

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.”

velo-shama amatsyahu vayya'al yeho'ash melekh-yisra'el vayyitra'u fanim hu va'amatsyahu melekh-yehudah bevet shemesh asher lihudah

But Amaziah paid no heed; so King Jehoash of Israel advanced, and he and King Amaziah of Judah confronted each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

vayyinnagef yehudah lifne yisra'el vayyanusu ish le'ohalav

Judah was routed by Israel, and [the Judahites] fled to their homes.

ve'et amatsyahu melekh-yehudah ben-yeho'ash ben-akhazyahu tafas yeho'ash melekh-yisra'el bevet shamesh (vyvv) [vayyavo] yerushalai͏m vayyifrots bekhomat yerushalai͏m besha'ar efrayim ad-sha'ar happinnah arba me'ot ammah

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, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

velaqakh et-kol-hazzahav-vehakkesef ve'et kol-hakkelim hannimtse'im bet-Adonai uve'otserot bet hammelekh ve'et bene hatta'aruvot vayyashov shomeronah

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.

veyeter divre yeho'ash asher asah ugevurato va'asher nilkham im amatsyahu melekh-yehudah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

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.

vayyishkav yeho'ash im-avotayw vayyiqqaver beshomeron im malkhe yisra'el vayyimlokh yarovam beno takhtayw

Jehoash rested with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; his son Jeroboam succeeded him as king.

vayekhi amatsyahu ven-yo'ash melekh yehudah akhare mot yeho'ash ben-yeho'akhaz melekh yisra'el khamesh esreh shanah

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

veyeter divre amatsyahu halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah

The other events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

vayyiqsheru alayw qesher birushalai͏m vayyanos lakhishah vayyishlekhu akharayw lakhishah vayemituhu sham

A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish; but they sent agents after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

vayyisu oto al-hassusim vayyiqqaver birushalai͏m im-avotayw be'ir david

They brought back his body on horses, and he was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, in the City of David.

vayyiqkhu kol-am yehudah et-azaryah vehu ben-shesh esreh shanah vayyamlikhu oto takhat aviv amatsyahu

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and proclaimed him king to succeed his father Amaziah.

hu banah et-elat vayeshiveha lihudah akhare shekhav-hammelekh im-avotayw

It was he who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King [Amaziah] rested with his ancestors.

bishnat khamesh-esreh shanah la'amatsyahu ven-yo'ash melekh yehudah malakh yarovam ben-yo'ash melekh-yisra'el beshomeron arba'im ve'akhat shanah

In the fifteenth year of King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel became king in Samaria—for forty-one years.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai lo sar mikkol-khattovt yarovam ben-nevat asher hekheti et-yisra'el

He did what was displeasing to GOD; he did not depart from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

hu heshiv et-gevul yisra'el millevo khamat ad-yam ha'aravah kidvar Adonai elohe yisra'el asher dibber beyad-avdo yonah ven-amittay hannavi asher miggat hakhefer

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.

ki-ra'ah Adonai et-oni yisra'el moreh me'od ve'efes atsur ve'efes azuv ve'en ozer leyisra'el

For GOD saw the very bitter plight of Israel, with neither bond nor free left, and with none to help Israel.

velo-dibber Adonai limkhot et-shem yisra'el mittakhat hashamayim vayyoshi'em beyad yarovam ben-yo'ash

And GOD resolved not to blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; and he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

veyeter divre yarovam vekhol-asher asah ugevurato asher-nilkham va'asher heshiv et-dammeseq ve'et-khamat lihudah beyisra'el halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

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, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

vayyishkav yarovam im-avotayw im malkhe yisra'el vayyimlokh zekharyah veno takhtayw

Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah succeeded him as king.