21. so Jehoash led his army to the town of Beth-Shemesh in Judah to attack Amaziah and his troops.
22. During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home,
23. and Jehoash captured Amaziah.Jehoash took Amaziah with him when he went to attack Jerusalem. Jehoash broke down the city wall from Ephraim Gate to Corner Gate, a section nearly two hundred metres long.
24. He carried away the gold, the silver, and all the valuable furnishings from God's temple where the descendants of Obed-Edom stood guard. He robbed the king's treasury, took hostages, then returned to Samaria.
25. Amaziah lived fifteen years after Jehoash died.
26. Everything else Amaziah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27. As soon as Amaziah started disobeying the Lord, some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah. He was able to escape to the town of Lachish, but another group of people caught him and killed him there.