2 Kings 14:12-22

12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and ¹they 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 ²the Gate of Ephraim to ³the Corner Gate, 400 * cubits.

14 ⁴He 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.

Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash in Israel

15 ⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel?

16 So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

Azariah (Uzziah) Succeeds Amaziah in Judah

17 ⁶Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen * years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

18 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Judah?

19 They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to ⁷Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

20 Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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 ⁸He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

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2 Kings 14:12-22 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

1. 2 Samuel 18:17
2. Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39
3. 2 Chronicles 25:23
4. 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 12:18
5. 2 Kings 13:12, 13
6. 2 Chronicles 25:25-28
7. Joshua 10:31; 2 Kings 18:14, 17
8. 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 8:17

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "before"
[b]. I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
[c]. In 2 Chr 26:1, "Uzziah"