2KI 14

2 Kings 14:17

WEB

Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.

BSB

Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

KJV

¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Matthew Henry

Verses 15–22

2 Kings 14:15–22

Here are three kings brought to their graves in these few verses: - 1. Joash king of Israel, Kg2 14:15, Kg2 14:16. We attended his funeral once before, Kg2 13:12, Kg2 13:13. But, because the historian had occasion to give a further account of his life and actions, he again mentions his death and burial. 2. Amaziah king of Judah. Fifteen years he survived his conqueror the king of Israel, Kg2 14:17. A man may live a great while after he has been shamed, may be thoroughly mortified (as Amaziah no doubt was) and yet not dead. His acts are said to be found written in his annals (Kg2 14:18), but not his might; for his cruelty when he was a conqueror over the Edomites, and his insolence when he challenged the king of Israel, showed him void of true courage. He was slain by his own subjects, who hated him for his maladministration (Kg2 14:19) and made Jerusalem too hot for him, the ignominious breach made in their walls being occasioned by his folly and presumption. He fled to Lachish. How long he continued concealed or sheltered there we are not told, but, at last, he was there murdered, Kg2 14:19. No further did the rage of the rebels extend, for they brought him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him there among his ancestors. 3. Azariah succeeded Amaziah, but not till twelve years after his father's death, for Amaziah died in the fifteenth year of Jeroboam (as appears by comparing Kg2 14:23 with Kg2 14:2), but Azariah did not begin his reign till the twenty-seventh of Jeroboam (ch. 15:1), for he was but four years old at the death of his father, so that, for twelve years, till he came to be sixteen, the government was in the hands of protectors. He reigned very long (ch. 15:2) and yet the account of his reign is here industriously huddled up, and broken off abruptly (v. 22): He built Elath (which had belonged to the Edomites, but, it is probable, was recovered by his father, v. 7), after that the king slept with his fathers, as if that had been all he did that was worth mentioning, or rather it is meant of king Amaziah: he built it soon after Amaziah died.

Cross-references: 2Kgs 14:15 · 2Kgs 14:16 · 2Kgs 13:12 · 2Kgs 13:13 · 2Kgs 14:17 · 2Kgs 14:18 · 2Kgs 14:19 · 2Kgs 14:23 · 2Kgs 14:2

Hebrew interlinear

H2421

חָיָהchâyâh/khaw-yaw'/

v — live, revive

Derivation: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421);

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

KJV: keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.

חָיָה

vb — live

חָיָה 283 vb. live

Qal 203

1. live

2. be quickened, revive

Pi.

1. preserve alive, let live

2. give life

3. quicken, revive, refresh

Hiph.

1. preserve alive, let live

2. quicken, revive

H558

אֲמַצְיָהʼĂmatsyâh/am-ats-yaw'/

n-pr-m — Amatsjah

Derivation: or אֲמַצְיָהוּ; from 553 and 3050; strength of Jah;

Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Amaziah.

אֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ

n.pr.m — Amaziah

אֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ, אֲמַצְיָה n.pr.m. (י׳ has been mighty).

1. king of Jud., son of Joash, father of Azariah

2. a Sineonite

3. id., a Levite

4. priest of Bethel, under Jerob. II

H1121

בֵּןbên/bane/

n-m — son

Derivation: from 1129;

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

KJV: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

בֵּן

n.m — son

בֵּן 4870 n.m. son

1. son, male child, born of a woman

2. children (male and female)

3. youth, young men

4. the young of animals

5. of plant shoots

6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows

7.

a. member of a guild, order or class

b. of animals son of (the) herd

8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.

9. n. relat. of age

בְּנוֹ

n.pr.m — his son

בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.

H3101

יוֹאָשׁYôwʼâsh/yo-awsh'/

n-pr-m — Joash

Derivation: or יֹאָשׁ; (2 Chronicles 24:1), a form of 3060;

Joash, the name of six Israelites

KJV: Joash.

יְהוֹאָשׁ

n.pr.m — Jehoash. Compare

יְהוֹאָשׁ, יוֹאָשׁ n.pr.m. (י׳ is strong)

1. king of Judah, son of Ahaziah

2. king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz

3. father of Gideon

4. a prince of Ahab’s house

5. one of David’s heroes

6. a Judaite prince

H4428

מֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/

n-m — king

Derivation: from 4427;

a king

KJV: king, royal.

מֶ֫לֶךְ

n.m — king

מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 n.m. king

H3063

יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâh/yeh-hoo-daw'/

n-pr-m — Jehudah

Derivation: from 3034; celebrated;

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

KJV: Judah.

יְהוּדָה

n.pr.m — Judah

יְהוּדָה 820 n.pr.m. et terr. Judah

I. n.pr.m.

1. son of Jacob and Leah

2. tribe descended from Judah

3. nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel

4. Levite, Ezra’s time

5. an overseer of Jerus.

6. Levite musician

7. priest

II. n.pr.terr. land of Judah

H310

אַחַרʼachar/akh-ar'/

adv a — the hind part, after

Derivation: from 309;

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

KJV: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.

אַחַר

adv — the hinder

אַחַר prop. subst. the hinder or following part

1. adv.

a. of place, behind

b. of time, afterwards

2. prep.

a. of place, behind, after

b. of time, after

3. conj. after that.

אַחֲרַי

adj — backwards

אַחֲרַי adj. Pr 28:23 a man that turneth backwards.

H4194

מָוֶתmâveth/maw'-veth/

n-m — death, dead, pestilence, ruin

Derivation: from 4191;

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

KJV: (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

מָ֫וֶת

n.m — death

מָ֫וֶת 161 n.m. death

1. death, opp. life

2. death by violence

3. state of death or place of death

H3060

יְהוֹאָשׁYᵉhôwʼâsh/yeh-ho-awsh'/

n-pr-m — Jehoash

Derivation: from 3068 and (perhaps) 784; Jehovah-fired;

Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings

KJV: Jehoash. Compare 3101.

יְהוֹאָשׁ

n.pr.m — Jehoash. Compare

יְהוֹאָשׁ, יוֹאָשׁ n.pr.m. (י׳ is strong)

1. king of Judah, son of Ahaziah

2. king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz

3. father of Gideon

4. a prince of Ahab’s house

5. one of David’s heroes

6. a Judaite prince

H3059

יְהוֹאָחָזYᵉhôwʼâchâz/yeh-ho-aw-khawz'/

n-pr-m — Jehoachaz

Derivation: from 3068 and 270; Jehovah-seized;

Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites

KJV: Jehoahaz. Compare 3099.

יְהוֹאָחָז

n.pr.m — Jehoahaz. Compare

יְהוֹאָחָז, יְוֹאָחָז n.pr.m. (י׳ hath grasped)

1. king of Judah, son of Josiah

2. king of Isr., son of Jehu

3. king of Judah, son of Jehoram of Judah

4. father of יוֹאָח Josiah’s chronicler

H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/

n-pr-m — he will rule as God, Jisraël

Derivation: from 8280 and 410;

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

KJV: Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵל

n.pr.m — Israel

יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 n.pr.m. et gent. Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth)

1. n.pr.m. second name of Jacob

2. n.pr.gent. name of Hebrew nation

H2568

חָמֵשׁchâmêsh/khaw-maysh'/

n — five

Derivation: masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral;

five

KJV: fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).

חָמֵשׁ

n.m — five

חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 n.m. and f. five

H6240

עָשָׂרʻâsâr/aw-sawr'/

n — ten, -teen, -teenth

Derivation: for 6235;

ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth

KJV: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).

עָשָׂר

ten

עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה ten, only after units to make num. 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal

H8141

שָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/

n-f — year, revolution

Derivation: (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from 8138;

a year (as a revolution of time)

KJV: whole age, × long, old, year(× -ly).

שָׁנָה

n.f — year

שָׁנָה 877 n.f. year (etym. v. √[v.ek.aa])

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