2 Chronicles 25:25-28·~1 min

The Death of Amaziah

Amaziah survives Jehoash for fifteen years, and the rest of his acts are left to the royal records. After he turns from following the LORD, conspiracy rises against him, ending in his murder at Lachish and burial in Judah.

A²⁵maziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. ²⁶As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? ²⁷From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there. ²⁸They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

Section summaryAmaziah lives on after his defeat, but the chapter closes under the shadow of his turning from the LORD. Conspiracy follows him to Lachish, where he is killed, and he is brought back for burial with his fathers in the City of Judah.

Role in the chapterThis ending gathers Amaziah's reign into a quiet final judgment. The king remains within the royal line and burial honors, yet his life is finally remembered as a reign that turned away and came apart.