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New Century Version

2 Kings 14:19

The people in Jerusalem made plans against him. So he ran away to the town of Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Citizens;   Conspiracy;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Lachish;   Regicide;   Thompson Chain Reference - Conspiracy;   Lachish;   Plotting;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lachish;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Burial;   Jehoash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lachish;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amaziah ;   Jeroboam (2) ;   Joash ;   Lachish ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amaziah;   Lachish;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amaziah;   Make;   Uzziah (Azariah);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amaziah, King of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.
Hebrew Names Version
They made a conspiracy against him in Yerushalayim; and he fled to Lakhish: but they sent after him to Lakhish, and killed him there.
King James Version
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
English Standard Version
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
New English Translation
Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.
Amplified Bible
Now a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and Amaziah fled [south] to Lachish; but they sent [men] after him to Lachish and killed him there.
New American Standard Bible
They formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent men to Lachish after him and they killed him there.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But they wrought treason against him in Ierusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and slewe him there.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
Complete Jewish Bible
Because of a conspiracy formed against him in Yerushalayim, Amatzyah fled to Lakhish; but they followed him to Lakhish and killed him there.
Darby Translation
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people made a plan against Amaziah in Jerusalem, so he ran away to Lachish. But the people sent men after Amaziah to Lachish, and they killed him there.
George Lamsa Translation
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and slew him there.
Good News Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
They conspired against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent men after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
Literal Translation
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they conspyred agaynst him at Ierusalem, but he fled vnto Lachis. And they sent after him vnto Lachis, and slewe him there.
American Standard Version
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Bible in Basic English
Now they made a secret design against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But they conspired treason against him in Hierusalem: And when he fled to Lachis, they sent after him to Lachis, and slue him there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
King James Version (1611)
Now they made a conspiracie against him in Ierusalem: and he fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.
English Revised Version
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Berean Standard Bible
And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And `sweryng togidir in Jerusalem was maad ayens hym, and he fledde in to Lachis; and thei senten aftir hym in to Lachis, and killiden hym there.
Young's Literal Translation
And they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,
Update Bible Version
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
World English Bible
They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
New King James Version
And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
New Living Translation
There was a conspiracy against Amaziah's life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.
New Life Bible
They made plans against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he ran away to Lachish. But they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
New Revised Standard
They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they made against him a conspiracy in Jerusalem, he fled to Lachish, - but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him, there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachis. And they sent after him to Lachis, and killed him there.
Revised Standard Version
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
THE MESSAGE
At the last they cooked up a plot against Amaziah in Jerusalem and he had to flee to Lachish. But they tracked him down in Lachish and killed him there. They brought him back on horseback and buried him in Jerusalem, with his ancestors in the City of David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

Contextual Overview

15 The other acts of Jehoash and his victories, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel. 16 Jehoash died and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and his son Jeroboam became king in his place. 17 Amaziah son of Joash, the king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel. 18 The other things Amaziah did are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah. 19 The people in Jerusalem made plans against him. So he ran away to the town of Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him. 20 They brought his body back on horses, and he was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, in the city of David. 21 Then all the people of Judah made Uzziah king in place of his father Amaziah. Uzziah was sixteen years old. 22 He rebuilt the town of Elath and made it part of Judah again after Amaziah died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3194, bc 810

they made: 2 Kings 12:20, 2 Kings 12:21, 2 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 21:23, 2 Chronicles 25:27, 2 Chronicles 25:28

fled to Lachish: Joshua 10:31, Micah 1:13

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:28 - General 2 Chronicles 24:25 - his own servants

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
They also defeated the Horites in the mountains of Edom to El Paran (near the desert).
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh). They defeated all the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
Genesis 14:9
They fought against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Babylonia, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings fighting against five.
Genesis 14:16
Then Abram brought back everything the enemy had stolen, the women and the other people, and Lot, and everything Lot owned.
Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I make a promise to the Lord , the God Most High, who made heaven and earth.
Genesis 14:23
I promise that I will not keep anything that is yours. I will not keep even a thread or a sandal strap so that you cannot say, ‘I made Abram rich.'
Genesis 27:4
When you prepare the tasty food that I love, bring it to me, and I will eat. Then I will bless you before I die."
Genesis 47:7
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and introduced him to the king, and Jacob blessed the king.
Genesis 47:10
Then Jacob blessed the king and left.
Genesis 49:28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them. He gave each son the blessing that was right for him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem,.... Against Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men of it; perhaps those whose sons the king of Israel had carried away as hostages, which they imputed to the ill conduct of Amaziah, as well as the breaking of the wall of Jerusalem, and the pillaging of the temple, and the king's palace:

and he fled to Lachish; a fortified city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:39 but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there; in a private manner, as Josephus g relates.

g Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 14:19. They made a conspiracy against him — His defeat by Jehoash, and the consequent pillaging of the temple, and emptying the royal exchequer, and the dismantling of Jerusalem, had made him exceedingly unpopular; so that probably the whole of the last fifteen years of his life were a series of troubles and distresses.


 
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