1 Amaziah was 25 years old. He was king for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mom was Jehoaddan. ️ 2 Amaziah did some good to God, but not all the way. 3 When he was strong as king, he killed the men who killed his dad, the old king. ⚔️ 4 He did not hurt their kids. He obeyed God’s law: each one pays for his own bad. ✋ 5 Amaziah counted the men of Judah. He had 300,000 strong men with shields and spears. ️⚔️ 6 He paid money to 100,000 strong men from Israel to help. 7 God’s man came and said, “Do not take the Israel men. God is not with them.” ✋️ 8 God’s man said, “If you go with them, you will lose. God can help. God can stop you too.” ⚠️ 9 Amaziah said, “But what about the money?” God’s man said, “God can give you much more.” ✨ 10 Amaziah sent the Israel men home. They were very angry at Judah and went home mad. 11 Amaziah was brave. He led his men. They won a big fight in a salt place. They hit 10,000 men from Seir. ️️⚔️ 12 The men of Judah took 10,000 alive and pushed them off a big rock. They died. 13 The Israel men who were sent home came and hit towns in Judah. They killed many and took many things. ️ 14 After the fight, Amaziah took the fake gods of Seir. He bowed to them and burned gifts to them. 15 God sent His man to say, “Why pray to fake gods? They could not save their own people.” ️✋ 16 Amaziah said, “Stop, or I will hurt you.” The man stopped and said, “God will judge you, because you did this and did not listen.” ✋⚠️ 17 Amaziah sent a note to Joash, the Israel king. He said, “Come fight me.” ⚔️ 18 Joash sent a story: “A small weed told a big tree, ‘Give me your girl.’ A big animal came and crushed the weed.” 19 Joash said, “You beat Edom, and now you feel big. Stay home. Do not start a fight, or you and your people will fall.” ✋ 20 Amaziah did not listen. God let this happen, because Amaziah prayed to fake gods. 21 Joash came. He and Amaziah met to fight at Beth-shemesh in Judah. ️⚔️ 22 Judah lost the fight. The men ran to their homes. ♂️ 23 Joash caught Amaziah and took him to Jerusalem. Joash broke a big part of the wall, from one gate to another. 24 Joash took gold and silver from God’s house and the king’s house. He took some people and went back to Samaria. ️➡️️ 25 Amaziah lived 15 more years after Joash of Israel died. 26 The other things Amaziah did are in a big book about the kings. 27 When Amaziah turned from God, some men planned to hurt him. He ran to Lachish. They went there and killed him. ♂️➡️️⚔️ 28 They put his body on horses and buried him with his dads in the city of Judah. ⚰️