The conspiracy against Amaziah — his flight — 'And when Amaziah turned away from the LORD, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there' (וּמִן־הַזְּמָן אֲשֶׁר־סָר אַמְצְיָהוּ מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה קַשְׁרוּ עָלָיו קְשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וַיִּנְס לָכִישׁ וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ אַחֲרָיו לָכִישׁ וַיְמִיתוּהוּ שׁם). The text explicitly connects Amaziah's apostasy ('turned away from the LORD') to the conspiracy. He flees to Lachish (לכישׁ), a fortified city to the southwest. His pursuers find him and execute him there. The flight and distant execution suggest Amaziah's loss of secure protection; he dies far from his capital.

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