97:9.22 The next king, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaziah_of_Judah Amaziah], had trouble with the revolting tax-paying [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edomites Edomites] and their [[neighbors]]. After a signal victory he turned to [[attack]] his northern neighbors and was just as signally defeated. Then the [[rural]] folk revolted; they [[assassinated]] the king and put his sixteen-year-old son on the throne. This was Azariah], called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzziah Uzziah] by [http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. After Uzziah, things went from bad to worse, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] existed for a hundred years by paying tribute to the kings of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] the first told them that [[Jerusalem]], being the city of [[Yahweh]], would never fall. But [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] did not hesitate to proclaim its downfall. | 97:9.22 The next king, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaziah_of_Judah Amaziah], had trouble with the revolting tax-paying [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edomites Edomites] and their [[neighbors]]. After a signal victory he turned to [[attack]] his northern neighbors and was just as signally defeated. Then the [[rural]] folk revolted; they [[assassinated]] the king and put his sixteen-year-old son on the throne. This was Azariah], called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzziah Uzziah] by [http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. After Uzziah, things went from bad to worse, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] existed for a hundred years by paying tribute to the kings of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] the first told them that [[Jerusalem]], being the city of [[Yahweh]], would never fall. But [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] did not hesitate to proclaim its downfall. |