2 Kings 14:21

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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 brought him upon horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2 Kings 21:24But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

2 Chronicles 26:1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room 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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