2 Kings 14:21

Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king

Translation for Translators

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

20They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.

22After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath city, and it came under the control of Judah again.

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:1After Jeroboam #2 had been ruling Israel for almost twenty-seven years, Uzziah, the son of King Amaziah of Judah, began to rule.

2 Kings 21:24But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

2 Chronicles 26:1After King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. One of the things that happened while he was the king was that his men captured Elath town on the Gulf of Aqaba and rebuilt it.

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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