2 Kings 14:21-22

21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen * years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
22 1He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

2 Kings 14:21-22 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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 8:17

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. In 2 Chr 26:1, "Uzziah"
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