14. Joash took all the gold and silver, and all the objects he could find in the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the palace, along with some hostages and returned to Samaria.
15. The rest of Joash’s deeds and his powerful acts—how he fought against Judah’s King Amaziah—aren’t they written in the official records of Israel’s kings?
16. Joash lay down with his ancestors. He was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam succeeded him as king.
17. Judah’s King Amaziah, Jehoash’s son, lived fifteen years after the death of Israel’s King Joash, Jehoahaz’s son.
18. The rest of Amaziah’s deeds, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings?
19. Some people in Jerusalem plotted against him. When Amaziah fled to Lachish, they sent men after him to Lachish, and they murdered him there.
20. They carried him back on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in David’s City.
21. Then all the people of Judah took Azariah and made him king after his father Amaziah. He was 16 years old.
22. He rebuilt Elath, restoring it to Judah after King Amaziah had lain down with his ancestors.