286 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

prisoner. Jehoash threatened to put him to death unless
he would persuade the people of Jerusalem to open their
gates, and permit him and his army to enter the city.
Neither the king nor the people dared to refuse what
Jehoash asked. So he overthrew a part of the wall,
four hundred cubits in length: through the breach he
entered in his triumphal chariot,—his prisoner Amaziah
marching beside. Nor was this all: Jehoash took away
the treasures that were in the house of God, and all the
gold and silver that was in the king’s palace.

George. I could hardly have believed that the people
of Judah, after being victorious against the Edomites,
would have turned away without even trying to fight.

Grandfather. The Scripture only tells us that Judah
was put to the worse before Israel, and that they fled
every man to his tent.

Marianne. And is there nothing said in the Bible
about breaking down the wall of Jerusalem, and taking
away the treasures ?

Grandfather. Yes, it gives the same account of these
events as the Jewish historian does.

Johnnie. Did Amaziah fight any more ?

Grandfather. We are not told that he did, but he
lived for a good many years afterwards. A conspiracy
was formed against him by two of his servants. He
fled to Lachish to save his life, but they followed and
killed him there. Such were the evils that came upon
Amaziah, because he forsook the God of his fathers, and
worshipped the strange gods of the Edomites.