Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Kings 14:22
He built (k) Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
(k) Which is also called Elanon or Eloth.
He built (k) Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
(k) Which is also called Elanon or Eloth.
Verse 2 Kings 14:22. _HE BUILT ELATH_] This city belonged to the _Edomites_; and was situated on the _eastern branch of the Red Sea_, thence called the _Elanitic Gulf_. It had probably suffered much i...
Elath, or Eloth (marginal reference 1 Kings 9:26), was near Ezion-Geber, in the Gulf of Akabah. It had been lost to the Jews on the revolt of Edom from Joram 2 Kings 8:22. Uzziah’s re-establishment of...
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...
BUILT. rebuilt or fortified. This implies the subjugation of Edom. ELATH. On the Red Sea. Compare 1 Kings 9:26, and, for its eventual loss, 2 Kings 16:6. SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuterono...
_He built Elath_ Elath (also written _Eloth_) was at the northern extremity of the Gulf of Akabah. It is said in 1 Kings 9:26 to have belonged to Edom, but at this time Judah was powerful enough to se...
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...
_HE BUILT ELATH, AND RESTORED IT TO JUDAH, AFTER THAT THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS._ He built Elath - fortified that seaport. It had revolted with the rest of Edom, but was now recovered by Uzziah...
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...
ELATH] see on 1 Kings 9:26, and for its eventual loss see 2 Kings 16:6. Its restoration to Judah implies the subjugation of Edom....
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 BUILT ELATH. — The pronoun is emphatic; _he,_ in contrast with his father. “Built,” either _rebuilt_ or _fortified._ The verse is in close connection with the preceding narrative. Amaziah perhaps h...
ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת ־אֵילַ֔ת וַ יְשִׁבֶ֖הָ לִֽ
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...
OUTWARD PROSPERITY WITHOUT INWARD RENEWAL 2 Kings 14:15 Azariah is elsewhere called Uzziah. See 2 Chronicles 26:1; Isaiah 6:1, _etc_. The two names mean respectively, “whom Jehovah assists” and “the...
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...
_Built, or rebuilt Elath; which gives its name to the eastern branch of the Red Sea. David had possession of all Idumea. Amasias had reconquered a great part, and his son pushed his conquests still fu...
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 BUILT ELATH,.... A port which belonged to Edom, Deuteronomy 2:8 which very probably David took from them when he made them tributary, and which they retook when they revolted, and Amaziah got again...
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. Ver. 22. _He built Elath._] A place of great importance, as being a port town, say some, near the Red Sea....
_He built Elath_ Repaired and fortified it; for it was built before, Deuteronomy 2:8. _And restored it to Judah_ From whom it had revolted with the rest of Edom, in which land it lay, upon the Red sea...
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...
He built Elath, the harbor at the head of the Elanitic Gulf, belonging to the territory of Edom, AND RESTORED IT TO JUDAH AFTER THAT THE KING SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. It seems that he was co-regent wit...
AMAZIAH KING IN JUDAH...
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...
15-22 Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have been very young when his father was slain. Though the years of his reign are rec...
HE BUILT ELATH, i.e. repaired and fortified it; for it was built before, DEUTERONOMY 2:8. RESTORED IT TO JUDAH; from whom it had revolted with the rest of Edom, in which land this place was upon the R...
2 Kings 14:22 built H1129 (H8804) Elath H359 restored H7725 (H8686) Judah H3063 after H310 king H4428 rested...
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 14:22 Azariah, the next king of Judah, strengthened Amaziah’s gains in Edom by claiming the port of ELATH at the north end of the Gulf of Aqaba (the Red Sea). (But see...
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 Kings 9:26; 2 Chronicles 26:2; 2 Kings 16:6; Deuteronomy 2:8...