²⁵King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.^* ²⁶Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? ²⁷From the time that Amaziah turned away from the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. ²⁸They brought him back on horses; he was buried with his ancestors in the city of David.

Reign of Uzziah

²⁶Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah.^* ²He rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his ancestors.

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Cross references

*2 Kings 14:17–22
*2 Kings 14:21, 22; 15:2, 3