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2 Kings 14:22

Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Uzziah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elath;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Elath;   Israel;   Jehoahaz;   Uzziah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Elath;   Ezion-Geber;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elath;   Uzziah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amaziah ;   Elath, Eloth ;   Jeroboam (2) ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elath;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Edom;   Elath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amaziah;   Chronology of the Old Testament;   Edom;   Elath;   Red Sea;   Uzziah (Azariah);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After Amaziah the king rested with his fathers, Azariah rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
He built Elat, and restored it to Yehudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
King James Version
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
English Standard Version
He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
New Century Version
He rebuilt the town of Elath and made it part of Judah again after Amaziah died.
New English Translation
Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.
Amplified Bible
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king [his father Amaziah] slept with his fathers [in death].
New American Standard Bible
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He built Elath, and restored it to Iudah, after that the King slept with his fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.
Contemporary English Version
Azariah was the one who later recaptured and rebuilt the town of Elath.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Azaryah recovered Eilat for Y'hudah and rebuilt it; after that the king [Amatzyahu] slept with his ancestors.
Darby Translation
It was he that built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
Easy-to-Read Version
So King Amaziah died and was buried with his ancestors. Then Azariah rebuilt Elath and got it back for Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
He built Elath and restored it to Judah, and after that the king slept with his fathers.
Lexham English Bible
He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.
Literal Translation
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He buylded Eloth, and broughte it agayne vnto Iuda, after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers.
American Standard Version
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Bible in Basic English
He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He built Elath, and brought it againe to Iuda after that the king was layde to rest with his fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
King James Version (1611)
He built Elath, and restored it to Iudah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He built Æloth, and restored it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers.
English Revised Version
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Berean Standard Bible
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bildide Ahila, and restoride it to Juda, after that `the kyng slepte with hise fadris.
Young's Literal Translation
he hath built Elath, and bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.
Update Bible Version
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Webster's Bible Translation
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
World English Bible
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
New King James Version
He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
New Living Translation
After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.
New Life Bible
Azariah built Elath and returned it to Judah, after the king died.
New Revised Standard
He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He, built Elath, and restored it to Judah, - after the king slept with his fathers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Revised Standard Version
He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

Contextual Overview

15 Everything else that Jehoash did, including his bravery in the war against King Amaziah of Judah, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 16 Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king. 17 King Amaziah of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel. 18 Everything else that Amaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. 19 There was a plot in Jerusalem to assassinate Amaziah, so he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him. 20 His body was carried back to Jerusalem on a horse and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City. 21 The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king. 22 Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elath: Elath, 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, Eloth

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 8:17 - Eloth

Cross-References

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and his allies came with their armies and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in the plain of Kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert.
Genesis 14:19
blessed him, and said, "May the Most High God, who made heaven and earth, bless Abram!
Genesis 14:20
May the Most High God, who gave you victory over your enemies, be praised!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot he had recovered.
Genesis 14:23
that I will not keep anything of yours, not even a thread or a sandal strap. Then you can never say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.
Genesis 21:33
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the Lord , the Everlasting God.
Exodus 6:8
I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the Lord .'"
Deuteronomy 32:40
As surely as I am the living God, I raise my hand and I vow
Judges 11:35
When he saw her, he tore his clothes in sorrow and said, "Oh, my daughter! You are breaking my heart! Why must it be you that causes me pain? I have made a solemn promise to the Lord , and I cannot take it back!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He built Elath,.... A port which belonged to Edom, Deuteronomy 2:8 which very probably David took from them when he made them tributary, and which they retook when they revolted, and Amaziah got again when he defeated them; and this his son rebuilt and fortified:

and restored it to Judah; annexed it to the kingdom of Judah, as in the days of David and Solomon:

after that the king slept with his fathers; after the death of his father Amaziah.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elath, or Eloth (marginal reference 1 Kings 9:26), was near Ezion-Geber, in the Gulf of Akabah. It had been lost to the Jews on the revolt of Edom from Joram 2 Kings 8:22. Uzziah’s re-establishment of the place, rendered possible by his father’s successes 2 Kings 14:7, was one of his first acts, and seems to imply a desire to renew the commercial projects which Solomon had successfully carried out, and which Jehoshaphat had vainly attempted 1 Kings 22:48.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 14:22. He built Elath — This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It had probably suffered much in the late war; and was now rebuilt by Uzziah, and brought entirely under the dominion of Judah.


 
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