Amaziah אֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ

King of Judah. Amaziah, son of Joash, was the ninth king of Judah who reigned for 29 years.

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In the genealogy of Jesus · Kings of Israel and Judah

Where Amaziah appears

2 Chronicles (19), 2 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

• 2 Kings 12:21 first mention — For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 14:8 — Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
• 2 Kings 14:9 — And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
• 2 Kings 14:13 — And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
• 2 Kings 14:21 — And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:12 — Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
• 2 Chronicles 24:27 — Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Chronicles 25:5 — Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
• 2 Chronicles 25:11 — And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
• 2 Chronicles 25:15 — Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
• 2 Chronicles 25:23 — And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
• 2 Chronicles 26:1 — Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.