2 Tawarikh 25:11

25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, ¹  where he defeated ²  10,000 Edomites. ³ 

2 Tawarikh 25:17

25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, ⁴  he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, “Come, face me on the battlefield.” ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 25:21

25:21 So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield ⁶  in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Tawarikh 25:25

25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ⁷  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

[25:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

[25:11]  ² tn Or “struck down.”

[25:11]  ³ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

[25:17]  ⁴ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[25:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21.

[25:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17.

[26:1]  ⁷ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”