25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 25:26 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 1 25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 2 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 3 and they killed him there. 25:28 His body was carried back by horses, 4 and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors 5 in the City of David. 6
1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, the former and the latter, are they not – behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
2 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
3 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
4 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
5 tn Heb “fathers.”
6 tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval
sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.