24. He took the gold and silver and all the other things in God’s Temple that Obed Edom was responsible for. Jehoash also took the treasures from the king’s palace and some people as hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.
25. Amaziah lived 15 years after Jehoash died. Amaziah’s father was King Joash of Judah.
26. Everything else Amaziah did, from beginning to end, is written in the book, The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27. When Amaziah stopped obeying the Lord, the people in Jerusalem made plans against Amaziah. He ran away to the town of Lachish. But the people sent men to Lachish and they killed Amaziah there.
28. Then they carried his body on horses and buried him with his ancestors in the City of Judah.