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2 Kings 14:15

in 2 Kings 14

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now 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?

KJV

Now 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?

This verse in 2 Kings 14

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
These two verses (repeated from 2Ki 13:12-13) are out of place here, where they interrupt the history of Amaziah’s reign.

This site's exposition

how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah

on 2 Kings 14:15-16

The notice of Jehoash's acts, his might, and his war with Amaziah repeats 13:12-13 nearly word for word. Jehoash rests with his fathers, and his son Jeroboam, the second king to bear Jeroboam's name, takes the throne. The repetition closes Jehoash's own record before the chapter returns to finish Amaziah's.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,.... His valiant and mighty acts which he did in his wars with the Syrians, 2Ki 13:25, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah; a short account of which is given in the preceding verses: are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? a book very often mentioned and referred to, as containing the history of the events and transactions of every reign.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

How he fought with Amaziah - The only fighting between them was the battle already mentioned; and this is minutely related in 2Ch 25:21-24.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And the children [held] hostage. The children of the princes, who were placed in the king’s palace as security that their fathers would not rebel against him. And so did [Targum] Yonoson render, “ the children of the princes.”
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Kings 14:14:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיֶתֶר֩and [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֨י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוֹאָ֜שׁJehoash

    yehoashH3060 →17 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂה֙he did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹand might his

    ugevuratoH1369 →61 times

  • וַאֲשֶׁ֣רand which

    vaasherH834 →5497 times

  • נִלְחַ֔םhe waged war

    nilchamH3898 →177 times

  • עִ֖םwith

    ʾimH5973 →1050 times

  • אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּAmaziah

    ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • הֲלֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789 →224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).