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2 Kings 14:22

He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.

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.
Good News Translation
Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.
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.
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 Now the rest of the acts that Jehoash did, his might, and how he fought with King Amaziah of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel? 16 Jehoash slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; then his son Jeroboam succeeded him. 17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 18 Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? 19 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there. 20 They brought him on horses; he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David. 21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah. 22 He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.

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 the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the edge of the wilderness;
Genesis 14:19
He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything.
Genesis 14:23
that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, so that you might not say, ‘I have made Abram rich.'
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord , the Everlasting God.
Exodus 6:8
I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord .'"
Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and swear: As I live forever,
Judges 11:35
When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord , and I cannot take back my vow."

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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