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2 Kings 14:21 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 14 · verse 21
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.2 Kings 14:21 · King James Version
2 Kings 14:21 in context
19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
20And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AzariahʻĂzaryâhAzarjah, the name of nineteen IsraelitesH5838 →
- sixteenshêshsixH8337 →
- sixteenʻâsârtenH6240 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
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Here are three kings brought to their graves in these few verses: - 1. Joash king of Israel, Kg2 14:15, Kg2 14:16. We attended his funeral once before, Kg2 13:12, Kg2 13:13. But, because the historian had occasion to give a further account of his life and actions, he again mentions his death and burial. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22