¹³ Jehoash rested with his ancestors, and Jeroboam^(A) sat on his throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

¹⁶ Jehoash rested with his ancestors, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam became king in his place.

Amaziah’s Death

¹⁷ Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash lived fifteen years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.^{(A) 18} The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.^{(B) 19} A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem,^(C) and he fled to Lachish.^(D) However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there. ²⁰ They carried him back^(E) on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.^(F)

²¹ Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,^[a](G) who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. ²² After Amaziah the king rested with his ancestors, Azariah rebuilt Elath^[b](H) and restored it to Judah.

Israel’s King Jeroboam

²³ In the fifteenth year of Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboam^(I) son of Jehoash became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. ²⁴ He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.^(J)

²⁵ He restored Israel’s border^(K) from Lebo-hamath^(L) as far as the Sea of the Arabah,^(M) according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonah^(N) son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.^{(O) 26} For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter^(P) for both slaves and free people.^[c] There was no one to help Israel. ²⁷ The Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under heaven,^(Q) so he delivered^(R) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

²⁸ The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign—along with all his accomplishments, the power he had to wage war, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus^(S) and Hamath,^(T) which had belonged to Judah^[d]—are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.^{(U) 29} Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.^(V)

Judah’s King Azariah

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Azariah^[a](A) son of Amaziah became king of Judah.^(B)

Israel’s King Zechariah

⁸ In the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Azariah, Zechariah^(A) son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.

1 The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders^[a](A) from Tekoa^(B)—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah^(C) of Judah and Jeroboam^(D) son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.^(E)

Amaziah’s Opposition

¹⁰ Amaziah the priest^(C) of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you^(D) right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words, ¹¹ for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’”^(E)