2 Kings 14:22

22 He rebuilt Elath^[a][b]and restored it to Judah after [Amaziah] the king rested with his fathers.^[c]

2 Kings 14:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:22

He built Elath
A port which belonged to Edom, ( Deuteronomy 2:8 ) ( 1 Kings 9:26 ) which very probably David took from them when he made them tributary, and which they retook when they revolted, and Amaziah got again when he defeated them; and this his son rebuilt and fortified:

and restored it to Judah;
annexed it to the kingdom of Judah, as in the days of David and Solomon:

after that the king slept with his fathers;
after the death of his father Amaziah.

2 Kings 14:22 In-Context

20 They carried him back on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

22 He rebuilt Elathand restored it to Judah after [Amaziah] the king rested with his fathers.

23 In the fifteenth year of Judah's King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel in Samaria; he reigned 41 years.

24 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

Footnotes

• [a]. Eloth in 2 Ch 26:2
• [b]. 2 Kg 16:6; 1 Kg 9:26
• [c]. 2 Ch 25:25-26:2