2 Kings 14:19

19 A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, [men] were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

2 Kings 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:19

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem
Against Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men of it; perhaps those whose sons the king of Israel had carried away as hostages, which they imputed to the ill conduct of Amaziah, as well as the breaking of the wall of Jerusalem, and the pillaging of the temple, and the king's palace:

and he fled to Lachish;
a fortified city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:39 ) but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there; in a private manner, as Josephus ^F7 relates.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.)

2 Kings 14:19 In-Context

17 Judah's King Amaziah son of Joash lived 15 years after the death of Israel's King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.

18 The rest of the events of Amaziah's [reign] are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

19 A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, [men] were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

20 They carried him back on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.