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2 Kings 14:17

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Azariah (Uzziah) Succeeds Amaziah in Judah

17 1Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen * years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
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2 Kings 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:17

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
] Which, with the fourteen he reigned contemporary with him, made the twenty nine years he reigned, ( 2 Kings 14:2 ) . The Vulgate Latin version is, "twenty five years".

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 14:17 In-Context

15 Now 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.
17 Amaziah 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 Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 25:25-28
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