2 Kings 14:21

Forsooth all the people of Judah took Azariah, having sixteen years; and made him king for his father Amaziah. (And all the people of Judah took Azariah, also known as Uzziah, who was sixteen years old; and made him king for his father Amaziah.)

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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 bare out him in horses (or And they brought back his body on a horse), and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers, in the city of David.

22He builded Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (And he built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that King Amaziah slept with his forefathers, or died.)

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:1In the seven and twentieth year of Jeroboam (II), king of Israel, Azariah + 15:1 He is called Uzziah throughout Chapter 15 in numerous translations., the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, reigned; (In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam II, the king of Israel, Azariah, also known as Uzziah, the son of Amaziah, the king of Judah, began to reign;)

2 Kings 21:24Soothly the people of the Lord smote all the men, that had conspired against king Amon, and they ordained to them a king, Josiah, his son, for him. (And the people of the Lord struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they ordained for themselves Josiah, Amon’s son, to be king in his place.)

2 Chronicles 26:1Forsooth all the people of Judah made Uzziah + 26:1 Also known as Azariah., his son, of sixteen years age, king for his father Amaziah. (Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, (or Azariah), Amaziah’s son, (who was) sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father.)

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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