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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 14:1

Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah in the second year of Jehoash's rule in Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Thompson Chain Reference - Amaziah;   Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Jehoahaz;   Kings of Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Joash or Jehoash;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Joash;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoahaz;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amaziah ;   Jehoahaz ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amaziah;   Joash;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'ash;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoash;   Joahaz;   Names, Proper;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the second year of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
In the second year of Yo'ash son of Yo'achaz king of Yisra'el began Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Yehudah to reign.
King James Version
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
English Standard Version
In the second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.
New Century Version
Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah during the second year Jehoash son of Jehoahaz was king of Israel.
New English Translation
In the second year of the reign of Israel's King Joash son of Joahaz, Joash's son Amaziah became king over Judah.
Amplified Bible
In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.
New American Standard Bible
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The second yeere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah.
Legacy Standard Bible
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.
Complete Jewish Bible
It was in the second year of Yo'ash son of Y'ho'achaz king of Isra'el that Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Y'hudah began his reign.
Darby Translation
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, began Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, to reign.
Easy-to-Read Version
Amaziah son of King Joash of Judah became king in the second year that Jehoash son of Jehoahaz was king of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
IN the second year of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, began to reign.
Good News Translation
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz as king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah
Lexham English Bible
In the second year of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Jehoash king of Judah began to reign.
Literal Translation
In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz the king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash the king of Judah reigned.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the seconde yeare of Ioas ye sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel, was Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda made kynge:
American Standard Version
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
Bible in Basic English
In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The second yere of Ioas, sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel, raigned Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
King James Version (1611)
In the second yeere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel, reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash king of Iudah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In the second year of Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel, did Amessias also the son of Joas the king of Juda begin to reign.
English Revised Version
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
Berean Standard Bible
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yn the secounde yeer of Joas, sone of Joachas, kyng of Israel, Amasie, sone of Joas, kyng of Juda, regnyde.
Young's Literal Translation
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah;
Update Bible Version
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
Webster's Bible Translation
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
World English Bible
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
New King James Version
2 Chronicles 25:1-26:2">[xr] In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.
New Living Translation
Amaziah son of Joash began to rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King Jehoash of Israel.
New Life Bible
In the second year of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Joash's son Amaziah began to rule as king of Judah.
New Revised Standard
In the second year of King Joash son of Joahaz of Israel, King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, began to reign.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, began Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the second year of Joas son of Joachaz, king of Israel, reigned Amasias son of Joas, king of Juda.
Revised Standard Version
In the second year of Jo'ash the son of Jo'ahaz, king of Israel, Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash, king of Judah, began to reign.
THE MESSAGE
In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin. She was from Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.

Contextual Overview

1 Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah in the second year of Jehoash's rule in Israel. 2 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled twenty-nine years from Jerusalem, which was also the hometown of his mother Jehoaddin. 3 Amaziah followed the example of his father Joash by obeying the Lord and doing right. But he was not as faithful as his ancestor David. 4 Amaziah did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices. 5 As soon as Amaziah had control of Judah, he arrested and killed the officers who had murdered his father. 6 But the children of those officers were not killed. The Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished, not their parents or children. 7 While Amaziah was king, he killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley. He captured the town of Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is still its name.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Joash: 2 Kings 14:15, 2 Kings 13:10

reigned Amaziah: 1 Chronicles 3:12, 2 Chronicles 25:1-4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:17 - Amaziah

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,
Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.
Isaiah 21:2
What a horrible vision was shown to me— a vision of betrayal and destruction. Tell Elam and Media to surround and attack the Babylonians. The Lord has sworn to end the suffering they caused.
Isaiah 22:6
The people of Elam and Kir attacked with chariots and carried shields.
Isaiah 37:12
The Assyrian kings before me destroyed the towns of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and everyone from Eden who lived in Telassar. What good did their gods do them?
Jeremiah 25:25
Zimri, Elam, Media,
Ezekiel 32:24
The graves of soldiers from Elam are there. The very sight of those godless soldiers once terrified their enemies and made them panic. But now they are disgraced and ashamed as they lie in the world of the dead, alongside others who were killed in battle.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord let Nebuchadnezzar capture Jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in God's temple. And when the king returned to Babylonia, he put these things in the temple of his own god.
Zechariah 5:11
"To Babylonia," he answered, "where they will build a house for the basket and set it down inside."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. As Joash king of Israel began to reign in the thirty seventh of Joash king of Judah, 2 Kings 13:10, who reigned forty years, Amaziah must therefore begin his reign in the fourth of Joash king of Israel; this therefore must be understood of his second year after he reigned alone, for he reigned two or three years in his father's lifetime.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The history of Judah is resumed 2 Kings 14:1-22, followed by a brief account of the contemporary history of Israel under Jeroboam II 2 Kings 14:23-29. The earlier narrative runs parallel with 2 Chronicles 25:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV

Amaziah begins to reign well; his victory over the Edomites,

1-7.

He challenges Jehoash, king of Israel, 8.

Jehoash's parable of the thistle and the cedar, 9, 10.

The two armies meet at Beth-shemesh; and the men of Judah are

defeated, 11, 12.

Jehoash takes Jerusalem, breaks down four hundred cubits of

the wall; takes the treasures of the king's house, and of the

temple; and takes hostages, and returns to Samaria, 13, 14.

The death and burial of both these kings, 15-20.

Azariah, the son of Amaziah, made king; he builds Elath,

21, 22.

Jeroboam the second is made king over Israel: his wicked reign

and death, 23-29.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse 2 Kings 14:1. In the second year of Joash — This second year should be understood as referring to the time when his father Jehoahaz associated him with himself in the kingdom: for he reigned two years with his father; so this second year of Joash is the first of his absolute and independent government.-See Calmet.


 
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