^{17 Ref} Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

^{18 Ref} And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

^{19 Ref} Now they made a secret design against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

^{20 Ref} And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in Jerusalem, the town of David.

^{21 Ref} Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

^{22 Ref} He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.