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|2 Reyes 14:1|
In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.
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2
|2 Reyes 14:2|
He was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
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3
|2 Reyes 14:3|
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.
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4
|2 Reyes 14:4|
But still the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
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5
|2 Reyes 14:5|
Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;
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6
|2 Reyes 14:6|
But he did not put their children to death; for the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses say, The fathers are not to be put to death for the children, or the children for their fathers; but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
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7
|2 Reyes 14:7|
He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
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8
|2 Reyes 14:8|
Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.
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9
|2 Reyes 14:9|
And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.
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10
|2 Reyes 14:10|
It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?
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Sugerencias
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