2 Kings 14:1-14

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

1 ¹In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, ²Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.

2 He was twenty-five * years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine * years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

3 He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

4 Only ³the high places were not taken away; ⁴the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he ⁵killed his servants who had slain the king his father.

6 But the sons of the slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "⁶The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but ⁷each shall be put to death for his own sin."

7 He killed of Edom in ⁸the Valley of Salt 10,000 * and took ⁹Sela by war, and named * it ¹⁰Joktheel to this day.

8 ¹¹Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "¹²Come, let us face * each other."

9 Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "¹³The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush.

10 "¹⁴You have indeed defeated Edom, and ¹⁵your heart has become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?"

11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced * each other at ¹⁶Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and ¹⁷they fled each to his tent.

13 Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from ¹⁸the Gate of Ephraim to ¹⁹the Corner Gate, 400 * cubits.

14 ²⁰He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

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2 Kings 14:1-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 14

In this chapter we have the good reign of Amaziah king of Judah, his victories over the Edomites, and war with Jehoash king of Israel, by whom he was taken, who died quickly after, 2Ki 14:1-16, but Amaziah lived fifteen years afterwards, and was slain by a conspiracy against him, and Azariah his son reigned in his stead, 2Ki 14:17-22, and a short account is given of the reign of Jeroboam the second, king of Israel, 2Ki 14:23-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. 2 Chronicles 25:1
2. 2 Kings 13:10
3. 2 Kings 12:3
4. 2 Kings 16:4
5. 2 Kings 12:20
6. Deuteronomy 24:16
7. Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 18:4, 20
8. 2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11
9. Isaiah 16:1
10. Joshua 15:38
11. 2 Chronicles 25:17-24
12. 2 Samuel 2:14-17
13. Judges 9:8-15
14. 2 Kings 14:7
15. Deuteronomy 8:14; 2 Chronicles 26:16
16. Joshua 19:38
17. 2 Samuel 18:17
18. Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39
19. 2 Chronicles 25:23
20. 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 12:18

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "smote"
[b]. Lit "smiters"
[c]. Lit "smote"
[d]. Lit "smitten"
[e]. Lit "lifted you up"
[f]. Lit "before"
[g]. I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.