2 Kings 14:1

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.

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.

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.

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

¹In 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. ³He lived the way God wanted and did the right thing. But he didn't come up to the standards of his ancestor David; instead he lived pretty much as his father Joash had; the local sex-and-religion shrines continued to stay in business with people frequenting them. ⁵When he had the affairs of the kingdom well in hand, he executed the palace guard that had assassinated his father the king. But he didn't kill the sons of the assassins. He was obedient to what God commanded, written in the Word revealed to Moses, that parents shouldn't be executed for their children's sins, nor children for those of their parents. We each pay personally for our sins. ⁷ Amaziah roundly defeated Edom in the Valley of Salt to the tune of ten thousand dead. In another battle he took The Rock and renamed it Joktheel, the name it still bears.

Bible Verse Review
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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
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Isaiah 11:11
Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.

Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there in all her pride, a cemetery—all killed in battle, dumped in her heathen grave with the dead and buried, these people who terrorized the land of the living. They carry their shame with them, along with the others in the grave. They turned Elam into a resort for the pompous dead, landscaped with heathen graves, slaughtered in battle. They once terrorized the land of the living. Now they carry their shame down with the others in deep earth. They're in the section set aside for the slain in battle.

Zechariah 5:11
He said, "East to the land of Shinar. They will build a garage to house it. When it's finished, the basket will be stored 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.