2 Chronicles 25:1-8 ▼

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.

2 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

3 Now it happened, when the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

4 But he did not put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the scroll of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, |The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.|

5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.

6 He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

7 A man of God came to him, saying, |O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for the LORD is not with Israel, with all the people of Ephraim.

8 But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.|