2 Kings 14:21
And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he [is] a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah;
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20and lift him up on the horses, and he is buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
22he has built Elath, and brings it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, has reigned;
2 Kings 21:24and the people of the land strike all those conspiring against King Amon, and the people of the land cause his son Josiah to reign in his stead.
2 Chronicles 26:1And all the people of Judah take Uzziah (and he [is] a son of sixteen years), and cause him to reign instead 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 →