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2 Chronicles 25
²⁶ The rest of the events in Amaziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
²⁷ After Amaziah turned away from the LORD, there was a conspiracy against his life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.
²⁸ They brought his body back on a horse, and he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
2 Chronicles 26
¹ All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father.
² After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.
³ Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
⁴ He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.
⁵ Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success.
⁶ Uzziah declared war on the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built new towns in the Ashdod area and in other parts of Philistia.
⁷ God helped him in his wars against the Philistines, his battles with the Arabs of Gur, and his wars with the Meunites.
⁸ The Meunites paid annual tribute to him, and his fame spread even to Egypt, for he had become very powerful.