In the second year of Yoash, son of Yoachaz king of Yisroel, Amatzyoh, son of Yoash became king— king of Yehudah.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and for twenty-nine years; he reigned in Yerusholayim his mother’s name was Yehoadon of Yerusholayim.

He did what was proper in the eyes of Adonoy, but not like his forefather Dovid; he did everything as Yoash his father had done.

However, the private altars were not removed, the people continued slaughtering and burning incense on the private altars.

And when the kingdom became firmly established, he killed his servants who had murdered the king, his father.

But he did not kill the murderers’ children, for it is written in the Book of the Torah of Moshe, which Adonoy had commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death because of sons, and sons shall not be put to death because of fathers, rather, a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

He struck of Edom in the Salt Valley— ten thousand and he captured the Rock in battle, and named it Yokseil [as it is known] to this day.

Amatzyoh then sent messengers to Yehoash, son of Yehoachaz, son of Yeihu, king of Yisroel saying, “Come, let us battle each other.”

And Yehoash sent [back a message]— king of Yisroel. to Amatzyohu, king of Yehudah, saying, “The thistle that was in Levanon sent [a message] to the cedar [tree] that was in Levanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and the wild beast that was in Levanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

You have soundly defeated Edom so you have become arrogant; keep your honor and stay home. Why should you provoke evil and be defeated, you, and Yehudah together?”

But Amatzyohu did not listen, so Yehoash, king of Yisroel, went up, and they confronted each other, he and Amatzyoh[u] king of Yehudah, in Beis Shemesh which [belongs] to Yehudah.

Yehudah was soundly defeated before Yisroel, and each man fled to his dwelling.

And Amatzyohu king of Yehudah, son of Yehoash, son of Achazyahu, was captured by Yehoash king of Yisroel, in Beis Shemesh; he then came to Yerusholayim and breached the wall of Yerusholayim [from] the Ephrayim Gate to the Corner Gate, [a distance of] four hundred amohs.

And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the Beis [Hamikdosh] of Adonoy and in the palace treasuries, and the children [held] hostage; and he returned to Shomron.

The rest of Yehoash’s deeds which he did, and his might, and how he fought against Amatzyohu king of Yehudah, are indeed written in the book of the chronicles of Yisroel’s kings.

And Yehuoash lay with his forefathers, and he was buried in Shomron with the kings of Yisroel; and Yorovom his son reigned in his place.

Amatzyohu, son of Yehoash, king of Yehudah lived, after the death of Yehoash son of Yehoachaz king of Yisroel fifteen years.

And the rest of Amatzyoh’s deeds are indeed written in the book of chronicles of Yehudah’s kings.

They conspired a revolt against him in Yerusholayim, and he fled to Lakish; and they sent after him to Lakish and assassinated him there.

They carried him [back] on the horses, and he was buried in Yerusholayim with his forefathers, in the City of Dovid.

The entire people of Yehudah took Azaryoh, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amatzyohu.

He built up Eilas and restored it to Yehudah, after the king lay with his forefathers.

In the fifteenth year of Amatzyohu, son of Yehoash, king of Yehudah, Yerovom, son of Yoash became king, he ruled Yisroel in Shomron forty-one years.

He did what was evil in the eyes of Adonoy; he did not turn away from all the sins which Yerovom, son of Nevot, had caused Yisroel to commit.

He restored the boundary of Yisroel from Levo Chamos until the Aravah Sea, according to the word of Adonoy, God of Yisroel, which He spoke through His servant, Yonah son of Amitai, the prophet, who was from Gas Hachepher.

For Adonoy saw the suffering of Yisroel intensifying increasingly, with no one surviving and no one remaining, and no one helping Yisroel.

But Adonoy did not say to eradicate Yisroel’s name from under the heavens, and He saved them through Yerovom, the son of Yoash.

And the rest of Yerovom’s deeds and all that he did, and of might, how he fought, and how he restored Damesek and Chamos to Yehudah through Yisroel, are indeed written in the book of the chronicles of Yisroel’s kings.

And Yerovom lay with his forefathers, with the kings of Yisroel, and his son Zecharyoh reigned in his place.