KJV King James Version
Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Chronicles 24:27
Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
WEB World English Bible
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As to his sons, and the greatness of the burden upon him, and the foundation of the house of God, lo, they are written on the ‘Inquiry’ of the book of the Kings; and reign doth Amaziah his son in his stead.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 24
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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וּבָנָ֞יוH1121 · benson: childיִ֧רֶ֞בH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyהַמַּשָּׂ֣אH4853 · mas.saburdenעָלָ֗יוH5921 · aluponוִיסוֹד֙H3245 · ya.sadto foundבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodהִנָּ֣םH2005 · henlook!כְּתוּבִ֔יםH3789 · ka.tavto writeעַל־H5921 · aluponמִדְרַ֖שׁH4097 · mid.rashstoryסֵ֣פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentהַמְּלָכִ֑יםH4428 · me.lekhkingוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּH558 · a.mats.yahAmaziahבְנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
2 Kings 12:18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold [that was] found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent [it] to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 13:22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are] written in the story of the prophet Iddo.2 Chronicles 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?2 Kings 12:21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.2 Chronicles 16:11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,2 Chronicles 20:34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who [is] mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.2 Chronicles 25:1Amaziah [was] twenty and five years old [when] he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 24:12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
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