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2 Kings 14:17

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amaziah ;   Jehoahaz ;   Jeroboam (2) ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amaziah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeho'ash;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amaziah;   Chronology of the Old Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash lived fifteen years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.
Hebrew Names Version
Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Yehudah lived after the death of Yeho'ash son of Yeho'achaz king of Yisra'el fifteen years.
King James Version
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
English Standard Version
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
New Century Version
Amaziah son of Joash, the king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel.
New English Translation
King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.
Amplified Bible
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel fifteene yeere.
Contemporary English Version
Fifteen years after Jehoash died,
Complete Jewish Bible
Amatzyah the son of Yo'ash king of Y'hudah lived another fifteen years after the death of Y'ho'ash son of Y'ho'achaz, king of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived 15 years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Good News Translation
King Amaziah of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
Amaziah the son of Jehoash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Literal Translation
And Amaziah the son of Joash the king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz the king of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda, lyued after the death of Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel, fiftene yeare.
American Standard Version
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Bible in Basic English
Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda, liued after the death of Iehoas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel fifteene yeres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
King James Version (1611)
And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash king of Iudah, liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel, fifteene yeeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Amessias the son of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
English Revised Version
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Berean Standard Bible
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Amasie, sone of Joas, kyng of Juda, lyuede fyue and twenti yeer, after that Joas, sone of Joachaz, kyng of Israel, was deed.
Young's Literal Translation
And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah liveth after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years,
Update Bible Version
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
World English Bible
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
New King James Version
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
New Living Translation
King Amaziah of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
New Life Bible
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
New Revised Standard
King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, lived, after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Amasias, the son of Joas, king of Juda, lived after the death of Joas, son of Joachaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
Revised Standard Version
Amazi'ah the son of Jo'ash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jeho'ash son of Jeho'ahaz, king of Israel.
THE MESSAGE
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah continued as king fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. The rest of the life and times of Amaziah is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

Contextual Overview

15Now 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? 16So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place. 17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 18Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 19And they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 20Then they carried him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 22He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3179-3194, bc 825-810

Amaziah: 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:2, 2 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 13:10, 2 Chronicles 25:25-28

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:1 - In the 2 Kings 15:8 - the thirty

Cross-References

Judges 11:34
En toe Jefta in Mispa by sy huis kom, gaan sy dogter juis uit hom tegemoet met tamboeryne en koordanse; en sy was die enigste kind: hy het geen seun of dogter buiten haar gehad nie.
1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they were coming, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with gladness, and with musical instruments.
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar which is in the King's Valley, for he had said, "I have no son to preserve my name." So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even by his neighbor,But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth adds many friends,But a poor man is separated from his friend.
Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. Which, with the fourteen he reigned contemporary with him, made the twenty nine years he reigned, 2 Kings 14:2. The Vulgate Latin version is, "twenty five years".


 
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