¹⁵ So the Lord’s anger was against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not deliver their own people from your hand?”^(A)

¹⁶ While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?”

So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

Amaziah’s War With Israel’s King Joash

¹⁷ King Amaziah of Judah took counsel^(B) and sent word to Jehoash^[a] son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us meet face to face.”