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24 He took away all the gold and the silver from the temple, including the valuable things that Obed-Edom was taking care of. Jehoash also took the valuable things from the king's palace. He also took some of the people away with him as prisoners. Then he returned to Samaria.

Amaziah dies

25 Joash's son Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 years after Jehoahaz's son Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.[a] 26 All the other things that happened while Amaziah was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of the kings of Judah and Israel’.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:25 Jehoash, the king of Israel, died in about 782 BC. Then the son of Jehoash, Jeroboam II, ruled Israel in Samaria. He was the king there for the rest of Amaziah's rule.