2 Kings 14:13-23

13 Yeho'ash king of Yisra'el took Amatzyah king of Yehudah, the son of Yeho'ash the son of Achazyah, at Beit-Shemesh, and came to Yerushalayim, and broke down the wall of Yerushalayim from the gate of Efrayim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14 He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Shomron.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Yeho'ash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amatzyah king of Yehudah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el?
16 Yeho'ash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Shomron with the kings of Yisra'el; and Yarov`am his son reigned in his place.
17 Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Yehudah lived after the death of Yeho'ash son of Yeho'achaz king of Yisra'el fifteen years.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Amatzyah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehudah?
19 They made a conspiracy against him in Yerushalayim; and he fled to Lakhish: but they sent after him to Lakhish, and killed him there.
20 They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Yerushalayim with his fathers in the city of David.
21 All the people of Yehudah took `Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amatzyah.
22 He built Elat, and restored it to Yehudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Yehudah Yarov`am the son of Yo'ash king of Yisra'el began to reign in Shomron, [and reigned] forty-one years.

2 Kings 14:13-23 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.

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