He slew of Edom, who had rebelled at the time of Jehoram, 2 Kings 8:20, in the Valley of Salt, south of the Dead Sea, ten thousand, and took Selah, evidently the capital of the country, later known as Petra, by war, and called the name of It Joktheel unto this day. Cf 2 Chronicles 25:6.
Verse 2 Kings 14:7. _HE SLEW OF EDOM TO THE VALLEY OF SALT_] This war is more circumstantially related in 2 Chronicles 25:5, c. The Idumeans had arisen in the reign of Joram king of Judah, and shaken...
Amaziah’s Idumaean war is treated at length by the writer of Chronicles (marginal reference). The “Valley of Salt” is usually identified with the broad open plain called the Sabkah, at the southern en...
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...
HE SLEW. The account in Chronicles supplies additional particulars. See 2 Chronicles 25:5....
_He slew_of _Edom_ The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 25:5-10 gives an account of Amaziah's military preparations, before the expedition against Edom. He tells us that he gathered and marshalled his men o...
TOOK SELAH—AND CALLED THE NAME OF IT JOKTHEEL— As סלע _selang_ in the Hebrew signifies a _rock,_ and exactly answers to the Greek word _Petra,_ the generality of commentators with good reason have agr...
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...
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...
_HE SLEW OF EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT TEN THOUSAND, AND TOOK SELAH BY WAR, AND CALLED THE NAME OF IT JOKTHEEL UNTO THIS DAY._ He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand. In the reign of Jora...
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...
EDOM] see further in 2 Chronicles 25:5. THE VALLEY OF SALT] immediately S. of the Dead SEA. SELAH] the later Petra, E. of the Arabah. JOKTHEEL] said to mean 'subdued by God.' UNTO THIS DAY] i.e. unto...
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...
HE SLEW. — Rather, _he it was that smote_. THE VALLEY OF SALT. — Comp. 2 Samuel 8:13. _El-Ghôr_, the salt plain of the Dead Sea, which Amaziah would traverse in marching against Edom. TEN THOUSAND....
הוּא ־הִכָּ֨ה אֶת ־אֱדֹ֤ום בְּ גֵיא־_מֶ֨לַח֙_†...
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 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...
He slew of (c) Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. (c) For the Idumeans, whom David had brought to subjection, rebelled i...
Edom, who had rebelled under Joram, chap. viii. 20. The particulars of this war are given, 2 Paralipomenon xxv. 5. Josephus ([Antiquities?] ix. 9.) says, Amasias designed also to attack Amalec and Geb...
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...
HE SLEW OF EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT TEN THOUSAND,.... Of which valley, 2 Samuel 8:13, the Edomites having revolted from Judah in the days of Joram, 2 Kings 8:20. Amaziah undertook to reduce them wit...
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. Ver. 7. _In the valley of Salt._] Near to the Lake Asphaltites, which yiel...
_He slew of Edom_ That is, of the _Edomites_, or _the children of Seir_, as they are called 2 Chronicles 25:1. The Edomites, after having been subject to Judah from the time of David, who subdued them...
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...
SELAH: Or, the rock...
1-7 Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle o...
OF EDOM, i.e. of the Edomites, or the children of Seir, as they are called, 2 CHRONICLES 25:11; either because they dwelt in Seir; see GENESIS 36:8; or because these people were confederates. And he i...
2 Kings 14:7 killed H5221 (H8689) ten H6235 thousand H505 Edomites H123 Valley H1516 Salt H4417 took H8610 ...
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...
EDOM See (2 Chronicles 25:5)....
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 14:1 Amaziah, Jeroboam II, and Azariah. The recovery that began under Jehoash (see note on 13:23–25) continues into ch....
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 14:7 STRUCK DOWN TEN THOUSAND EDOMITES. Edom had revolted against Judean rule during Jehoram’s reign (2 Kings 8:20). Amaziah does not reestablish Jude
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...
1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11; 2 Chronicles 25:12; 2 Kings 8:20;...
Joktheel — Which signifies, the obedience of God, that is, given him by God as a reward of his obedience to God's message by the prophet, 2 Chronicles 25:8....