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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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2 Kings 14:1

Amaziah son of King Joash of Judah became king in the second year that Jehoash son of Jehoahaz was king of 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.
Contemporary English Version
Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah in the second year of Jehoash's rule in Israel.
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.
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 King Joash of Judah became king in the second year that Jehoash son of Jehoahaz was king of Israel. 2 Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. 3 Amaziah did what the Lord said was right, but he did not follow God completely like David his ancestor. Amaziah did everything that Joash his father had done. 4 He did not destroy the high places. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at those places of worship. 5 At the time that Amaziah had strong control of the kingdom, he killed the officers who had killed his father. 6 But he did not kill the children of the murderers because of the rules written in the book, The Law of Moses. The Lord gave this command in there: "Parents must not be put to death for something their children did. And children must not be put to death for something their parents did. People should be put to death only for what that they themselves did." 7 Amaziah killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. In war, Amaziah took Sela and called it "Joktheel." It is still called "Joktheel" today.

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 10:22
Shem's sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 11:2
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.
Isaiah 11:11
At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left in countries like Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and other faraway countries around the world.
Isaiah 21:2
I was given a vision of the hard times to come. I see traitors turning against you. I see people taking your wealth. Elam, go against them! Media, surround the city! I will put an end to all their moaning.
Isaiah 22:6
Horse soldiers from Elam took their bags of arrows and rode into battle. Soldiers from Kir rattled their shields.
Isaiah 37:12
Did the gods of those people save them? No, my ancestors destroyed them all. They destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden living in Tel Assar.
Jeremiah 25:25
I made all the kings from Zimri, Elam, and Media drink from the cup.
Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there and all its army is around her grave. All of them were killed in battle. Those foreigners went deep down into the ground. When they were alive, they made people afraid. But they carried their shame with them down to that deep hole.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to defeat Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar took all the dishes and other things from God's Temple and carried them to Babylon. He put those things in the temple of his gods.
Zechariah 5:11
The angel told me, "They are going to build a house for it in Babylonia. After they build that house, they will put the bucket there."

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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