2 Kings 14
Overview
14:1 Amaziah's good reign;
14:5 His justice on the murderers of his father;
14:7 His victory over Edom;
14:8 Amaziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled;
14:15 Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash;
14:17 Amaziah slain by a conspiracy;
14:21 Azariah succeeds him; v.23, Jeroboam's wicked reign; v.28, Zachariah succeeds him. Verse 1am 3165, bc 839Joash2 Kings 14:15, 13:10 reigned Amaziah1 Chronicles 3:12; 2 Chronicles 25:1-4Reciprocal2 Kings 14:17 - Amaziah Verse 2Reciprocal2 Kings 14:17 - Amaziah Verse 3am 3165-3194, bc 839-810he did2 Kings 12:2; 1 Kings 11:4, 15:3; 2 Chronicles 25:2, 25:3 he did according24:2, 24:17, 25:14-16; Jeremiah 16:19; Zechariah 1:4-6; 1 Peter 1:18Reciprocal1 Kings 22:43 - the high; 2 Kings 15:3 - General; 16:2 - did not; 2 Chronicles 17:3 - he walked; Jeremiah 34:15 - ye Verse 4the high places2 Kings 12:3, 15:4, 15:35Reciprocal1 Kings 3:3 - only he; 15:14 - the high places; 22:43 - the high; 2 Kings 18:4 - removed; 2 Chronicles 15:17 - the high places; 25:2 - but not; Isaiah 65:7 - burned Verse 5am 3166, bc 838that he slewGenesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12-14; Numbers 35:33 his servants2 Kings 12:20, 12:21; 2 Chronicles 25:3, 25:4ReciprocalDeuteronomy 24:16 - General; 2 Kings 15:19 - to confirm; 21:24 - the people of the land slew Verse 6The fathersDeuteronomy 24:16; Ezekiel 18:4, 18:20ReciprocalJoshua 8:31 - as it is; 2 Chronicles 25:4 - as it is written; Daniel 6:24 - their children Verse 7am 3177, bc 827slew2 Kings 8:20-22; 2 Chronicles 25:11, 25:12 the valley of saltSome suppose that the Valley of Salt was south of the Dead, or Salt Sea, towards the land of Edom; and others suppose it to be the Valley of Salt, about three or four miles south-east of Palmyra, which now supplies, in a great measure, the surrounding country with salt. 2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalm 60:1 *titleSelahor, the rock, Selah is generally supposed to be the same as Petra, which in Greek signifies a rock, the celebrated capital of Arabia Petrea. Strabo places it three or four days' journey from Jericho, and five days' journey from the forest of palm trees on the Red Sea. Pliny places it 600 miles from Gaza, and 125 from the Persian Gulf; but Cellarius and Reland very justly consider that the numbers have been changed, and that we ought to read 125 miles from Gaza, and 600 from the Persian Gulf. Eusebius places Beerothbenejaakan 30 miles west from Petra, and Elath ten miles east; and Burckhardt discovered the ruins of this ancient city in a valley called Wady Mousa.JoktheelJoshua 15:38ReciprocalGenesis 27:40 - serve; Isaiah 16:1 - from; Obadiah 1:3 - thou Verse 8am 3178, bc 826Amaziah2 Chronicles 25:17-24 Come2 Kings 14:11; 2 Samuel 2:14-17; Proverbs 13:10, 17:14, 18:6, 20:18, 25:8ReciprocalJudges 9:29 - Increase thine army; 9:38 - General; 11:12 - What hast; 1 Samuel 14:12 - Come up to us; 1 Kings 20:18 - General; 2 Kings 13:9 - Joash; 13:12 - his might; 23:29 - he had seen him; Proverbs 26:4 - General Verse 9The thistleJudges 9:8-15; 2 Samuel 12:1-4; 1 Kings 4:33; Ezekiel 20:49
The word choach, which is rendered here, and in 2 Chronicles 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in 1 Samuel 13:6, thicket in Isaiah 34:13, bramble, and in 2 Chronicles 33:11; Proverbs 26:9; Song of Songs 2:2; Hosea 9:6 thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the prunus spinosa of Linneus, as the same word signifies in Arabic. There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash; but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah - 2 Chronicles 25:10-13. The comparatively useless thorn, which may by chance lacerate the incautious passenger, is made the emblem of the house of Judah and David, while the house of Jehu is represented by the stately cedar.ReciprocalJudges 8:6 - General; 9:14 - bramble; 9:15 - the cedars; 14:2 - get her; Job 31:40 - thistles; Proverbs 20:3 - but; 1 Corinthians 12:15 - General; Galatians 6:14 - that I
Verse 10thine heartDeuteronomy 8:14; 2 Chronicles 26:16, 32:25; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 38:2, 38:5, 38:17; Daniel 5:20-23; Habakkuk 2:4; James 4:6 glory of thisExodus 8:9; Jeremiah 9:23, 9:24; James 1:9 homeHeb. thy housewhy shouldest2 Chronicles 35:21; Proverbs 3:30, 15:18, 17:14, 20:3, 25:8, 26:17; Luke 14:31, 14:32ReciprocalGenesis 27:40 - serve; Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart; Judges 9:52 - General; 2 Samuel 2:22 - wherefore; Proverbs 13:10 - Only; Ecclesiastes 8:9 - there is; Daniel 5:23 - lifted; 11:12 - his heart; Habakkuk 2:5 - keepeth; 1 Timothy 3:6 - lest Verse 11Amaziah2 Chronicles 25:16, 25:20 BethshemeshJoshua 19:38, 21:16; 1 Samuel 6:9-19ReciprocalJoshua 19:22 - Bethshemesh; Judges 11:28 - General; 2 Kings 14:8 - Come; 23:29 - he had seen him Verse 12was put to the worseHeb. was smittenthey fled1 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 18:17; 1 Kings 22:36Reciprocal2 Samuel 19:8 - for Israel; Amos 6:13 - Have Verse 13took Amaziah2 Kings 25:6; 2 Chronicles 33:11, 36:6, 36:10; Job 40:11, 40:12; Proverbs 16:18, 29:23; Isaiah 2:11, 2:12; Daniel 4:37; Luke 14:11 the gate of Ephraim2 Chronicles 25:23, 25:24; Nehemiah 8:16, 12:39 the cornerJeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10Reciprocal2 Chronicles 26:9 - the corner gate Verse 14all the gold2 Kings 24:13, 25:15; 1 Kings 7:51, 14:26, 15:18 and hostages2 Kings 18:23 *marg.Reciprocal2 Chronicles 25:24 - all the gold; Isaiah 36:8 - pledges Verse 15am 3163-3179, bc 841-825the rest2 Kings 10:34, 10:35, 13:12; 1 Kings 14:19, 14:20Reciprocal2 Kings 14:1 - Joash; 14:28 - the rest; 2 Chronicles 25:26 - rest of the acts Verse 16am 3179, bc 825Jehoash2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 1:21 was buried2 Kings 13:9 Jeroboam13:13; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1, 7:10, 7:11Reciprocal2 Kings 15:1 - In the; 15:8 - the thirty; 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam Verse 17am 3179-3194, bc 825-810Amaziah2 Kings 14:1, 14:2, 14:23, 13:10; 2 Chronicles 25:25-28Reciprocal2 Kings 15:1 - In the; 15:8 - the thirty Verse 182 Kings 13:8, 13:12; 1 Kings 11:41, 14:29Reciprocal2 Kings 15:6 - they not written Verse 19am 3194, bc 810they made2 Kings 12:20, 12:21, 15:10, 15:14, 15:25, 15:30, 21:23; 2 Chronicles 25:27, 25:28 fled to LachishJoshua 10:31; Micah 1:13Reciprocal2 Kings 9:28 - General; 2 Chronicles 24:25 - his own servants Verse 20he was buried2 Kings 8:24, 9:28, 12:21; 1 Kings 2:10, 11:43; 2 Chronicles 21:20, 26:23, 33:20Reciprocal24:25 - his own servants; 25:28 - the city of Judah Verse 21Azariah2 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 26:1, Uzziah, Matthew 1:8, 1:9, Oziasmade him king2 Kings 21:24; 1 Chronicles 3:12Reciprocal2 Kings 15:8 - the thirty; 15:32 - Jotham; 23:30 - the people; Amos 1:1 - in the Verse 22ElathElath, the Ala or Elana of the Greek and Roman writers, was a celebrated port situated at the extremity of the eastern branch of the Red Sea, hence called the Elanitic Gulf, ten miles east from Petra, according to Eusebius, and 150; Roman miles from Gaza, according to Pliny, but 1,260 stadia, or 157 miles, according to Strabo and Marcianus Herecleota. It is now called Akaba, and is nothing but a tower or castle, surrounded by a large grove of date trees, the residence of a governor, dependent on him of Grand Cairo. 2 Kings 16:6; Deuteronomy 2:8; 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Chronicles 26:2, ElothReciprocal8:17 - Eloth Verse 23am 3179-3220, bc 825-784the fifteenth2 Kings 14:17 Jeroboam14:27; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1, 7:9-11 began to reign"Now he begins to reign alone.Reciprocal2 Kings 10:30 - thy children; 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam; Amos 7:10 - the priest Verse 24in the sight2 Kings 21:6; Genesis 38:7; Deuteronomy 9:18; 1 Kings 21:25 he departed2 Kings 13:2, 13:6, 13:11; 1 Kings 12:28-31; Psalm 106:20Reciprocal2 Kings 3:3 - he departed; 10:29 - the sins; 15:9 - as his; Amos 7:10 - the priest Verse 25from the enteringNumbers 13:21, 34:7, 34:8; Ezekiel 47:16-18; Amos 6:14 unto the seaGenesis 14:3; Deuteronomy 3:17 JonahJonah 1:1; Matthew 12:39, 12:40, 16:4, JonasGathhepherJoshua 19:13, Gittah-hepherReciprocal1 Kings 8:65 - from the entering; 16:12 - by Jehu the prophet; 2 Kings 9:36 - by his; 13:5 - a saviour; 13:12 - the rest; Isaiah 28:1 - whose; Ezekiel 11:10 - in; Hosea 7:15 - I have; Amos 6:13 - Have; Haggai 1:1 - by Haggai Verse 26saw the affliction2 Kings 13:4; Exodus 3:7, 3:9; Judges 10:16; Psalm 106:43-45; Isaiah 63:9 not any shutDeuteronomy 32:36; 1 Kings 14:10, 21:21Reciprocal2 Kings 9:8 - him that is shut up; 1 Chronicles 12:1 - while he yet; Psalm 106:44 - General; 107:39 - oppression; Lamentations 1:9 - behold; Hosea 8:10 - for; Amos 5:15 - the remnant Verse 27said not2 Kings 13:23; Hosea 1:6 blot outExodus 32:32, 32:33; Deuteronomy 9:14, 25:19, 29:20; Psalm 69:28; Romans 11:2-12; Revelation 3:5 he saved2 Kings 5:1, 13:5; Hosea 1:7; Titus 3:4-6Reciprocal1 Samuel 14:23 - the Lord; 14:47 - fought; 2 Kings 14:23 - Jeroboam; 1 Chronicles 6:15 - by the hand; Nehemiah 9:27 - saviours; Psalm 106:44 - General; Lamentations 3:66 - under; Amos 5:15 - the remnant Verse 28the rest2 Kings 14:15 Damascus2 Samuel 8:6; 1 Kings 11:24; 1 Chronicles 18:5, 18:6; 2 Chronicles 8:3, 8:4 which belonged to JudahThese places belonged to Judah by David's conquest - 2 Samuel 3:11
but had been repossessed by the Syrians.Reciprocal2 Kings 13:13 - Jeroboam; 15:11 - General; 1 Chronicles 5:17 - Jeroboam; 29:30 - his might
Verse 29am 3220, bc 784Zachariah2 Kings 15:8 reigned"After an interregnum of eleven years.Reciprocal13:13 - Jeroboam; 15:12 - Thy sons