And Jehoash, king of Israel, took Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, a captive of war, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim, on the north side, unto the corner gate, toward the northwest, four hundred cubits (about 700 feet). This act marked the city as captured, and as lying open on the side of Israel, whose army might march in at any time:
Verse 2 Kings 14:13. _TOOK AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH_] It is plain that Amaziah afterwards had his liberty; but how or on what terms he got it, is not known. See on the 2 Kings 14:13....
The object of breaking down the wall was to leave Jerusalem at the mercy of her rival; and it must have been among the conditions of the peace that the breach thus made should not be repaired. Gates i...
6. KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Amaziah's reign over Judah (2 Kings 14:1; 2 Chronicles 25)_ 2. The conflict between Israel and Judah (2 Kings 14:8;...
THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH, SON OF JOASH, KING OF JUDAH. Amaziah was a virtuous king like his father Joash, but not according to the standard of David. This is the judgment of the Deuteronomist, who refers...
CUBITS. See App-51....
_took Amaziah_ i.e. Took him prisoner. And there is some difficulty in deciding what became of Amaziah at this time and afterwards. In 2 Chronicles 25:23 it is added that Jehoash brought him to Jerusa...
C. THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH IN THE SOUTH 14:1-22 Amaziah the thistle king, is another example of a good start and a tragic end. The account of his reign moves through three stages: (1) his hopeful beginni...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE KINGDOMS AT HIGH TIDE 2 Kings 13:10 to 2 Kings 15:7 Help came to Israel in the midst of the Aramean oppression from an unexpected quarter. In 802 B.C. the Assyrian king Adadni...
_AND JUDAH WAS PUT TO THE WORSE BEFORE ISRAEL; AND THEY FLED EVERY MAN TO THEIR TENTS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
FROM THE GATE.. GATE] The wall that was dismantled was on the N. side of the city, which was thus left defenceless to attacks from that direction, in case it gave further provocation....
REIGNS OF AMAZIAH OF JUDAH AND JEROBOAM OF ISRAEL 1. In the second year of Joash.. king of Israel] Joash of Judah reigned 40 years, and as his thirty-seventh year corresponded to the first year of Jo...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 14 AMAZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Amaziah, Joash’s son, began to rule as the king of *Judah. That happened durin...
AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH, THE SON OF JEHOASH THE SON OF AHAZIAH. — Comp, 2 Kings 14:8. Thenius thinks the formal specification of Amaziah’s descent indicates that this narrative was derived from “the Boo...
וְ אֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ ־יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן...
AMAZIAH OF JUDAH B.C. 796-783 (?) 2 Kings 14:1 "All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Matthew 26:52 THE fate of Amaziah ("Jehovah is strong"), son of Joash of Judah, resembles...
THE DYNASTY OF JEHU Jehoahaz 814-797 2 Kings 13:1 JOASH 797-781 2 Kings 13:10; 2 Kings 14:8 JEROBOAM II 781-740...
THE PENALTY OF PRIDE 2 Kings 14:1 There were good traits in Amaziah's character, such as humanity to the children of his father's murderers, and his willingness to forfeit the aid of the army of Isra...
Turning back to Judah, we find Amaziah on the throne. "He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet...." The constantly repeated story of limitation in loyalty is told again. Success atte...
_Cubits. Josephus says 300, and that he led Amasias in triumph through the ruins, (Antiquities ix. 10.) on the west side, (Calmet) or on the north. (Villalpand) (Menochius)_...
The twenty five years of Amaziah's reign may be brought into a narrow compass. His history, as is here related, consisted chiefly in restoring order in the temple service, by which it is said he did r...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
AND JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL TOOK AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH, THE SON OF JEHOASH THE SON OF AHAZIAH, AT BETHSHEMESH,.... And then they looked one another in the face indeed, but Amaziah must look very silly:...
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto...
_Jehoash took Amaziah king of Judah_, &c. Amaziah's pedigree comes in here somewhat abruptly. _The son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah_ Because perhaps he had gloried in the dignity of his ancestors, o...
1 Amaziah his good reigne. 5 His iustice on the murderers of his father. 7 His victory ouer Edom. 8 Amaziah prouoking Iehoash, is ouercome and spoiled. 15 Ieroboam succeedeth Iehoash. 17 Amaziah...
AMAZIAH RULING IN JUDAH (vv.1-20) Joash had only reigned briefly in Israel before Amaziah the son of the other Joash (or Jehoash) became king in Judah. He was 25 when crowned king and reigned 29 yea...
8-14 For some time after the division of the kingdoms, Judah suffered much from the enmity of Israel. After Asa's time, it suffered more by the friendship of Israel, and by the alliance made with the...
CAME TO JERUSALEM; commanding entrance in Amaziah's name, and with his consent, which he durst not deny. THE GATE OF EPHRAIM; which led to Ephraim. FOUR HUNDRED CUBITS; which was done, partly in scorn...
2 Kings 14:13 Jehoash H3060 king H4428 Israel H3478 captured H8610 (H8804) Amaziah H558 king H4428 Judah H3063 son
THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH, KING OF JUDAH C. 796-767 BC (2 KINGS 14:1). As with many kings of Judah Amaziah's reign was seen as ‘right in the eyes of YHWH', although with a decided ‘but'. The ‘but' explains...
CONTENTS: Reign of Amaziah over Judah. War between Israel and Judah. Reign of Jeroboam in Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, Amaziah, Jehoash, Jeroboam, Jonah, Azariah. CONCLUSION: Those who are too eager,...
2 Kings 14:2. _His mother's name was Jehoaddan._ The mothers of the kings of Judah are mostly mentioned by name, but those of the kings of Israel are seldom named so expressly; for the kings of Israel...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 14:11 BETH-SHEMESH. This town on the northwest border of Judah, about 20 miles (32 km) by road from Jerusalem, guarded an important pass from the Philistine plain. Judah’s defe...
AMAZIAH IN JUDAH AND JEROBOAM II. IN ISRAEL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 14:1. AMAZIAH, KING OF JUDAH—Historian returns to the records concerning _Judah_. 2 Kings 14:3. YET NOT LIKE DAVI...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 14:1 REIGNS OF AMAZIAH, SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH, OVER JUDAH, AND OF JEROBOAM, SON...
Now we're coming again to Amaziah who became the king in Israel at the death of his father, who was assassinated at the end of chapter twelve. Now in the second year that Joash the son of Jehoahaz was...
2 Chronicles 25:23; 2 Chronicles 25:24; 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:10;...
Ahaziah — Amaziah's pedigree comes in somewhat abruptly, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah: Probably because he now smarted, for the iniquity of his ancestors....