Amaziah begins to worship some of the …
Years: 777BCE - 766BCE
Amaziah begins to worship some of the idols he took from the Edomites.
He is defeated by Jehoash, king of Israel, whom he had challenged to battle.
Jehoash makes Amaziah his prisoner.
His defeat is followed by a conspiracy that takes his life (2 Kings 14:8-14, 19) in 768 BCE.
Slain at Lachish, to which he had fled, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Edomites, Kingdom of the
- Hebrews
- Judah, Kingdom of
- Israel (Northern Kingdom of)
