2 Kings 14:21

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

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And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

In Context

20And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in Jerusalem, the town of David.

22He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of the rule of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, became king of Judah.

2 Kings 21:24But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

2 Chronicles 26:1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:16-23

Reign of Jeroboam, King of Israel. ( b. c. 825.) 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the… Read the whole commentary →

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