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2 Kings 14:20

in 2 Kings 14

They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

KJV

And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

This verse in 2 Kings 14

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And they brought him on horses,.... That is, in a chariot or hearse drawn by horses; though the Jews (h) suppose he was carried on horses, and that because he worshipped the gods of the Edomites, who were themselves carried on horses; and he was not carried on the shoulders of men, because he neglected to serve the God of Israel, whose mysteries were carried on the shoulders of men: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David; and very probably in the sepulchre of the kings, though his father was not. (h) Hieron.

This site's exposition

lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash

on 2 Kings 14:17-20

Amaziah outlives Jehoash by fifteen years, until a conspiracy rises against him in the capital itself. He flees south to Lachish, a fortified city in Judah, but “men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there”.

This site's exposition

carried him back on horses

Albert Barnes took the phrase to mean that his body came back in the royal chariot. John Gill reported a Jewish tradition that he was carried on horses as a judgment for worshipping the gods of Edom. His killers still gave him a king's grave.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

They brought him on horses - i. e. they conveyed his body back to Jerusalem in the royal chariot. The combination of relentless animosity against the living prince with the deepest respect for his dead remains is very characteristic of an Oriental people.

The words behind it

10 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.

  • וַיִּשְׂא֥וּand they carried

    vaiyisuH5375 →656 times

  • אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַסּוּסִ֑ים<the> horses

    hasusimH5483 →140 times

  • וַיִּקָּבֵ֧רand he was buried

    vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֛םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • אֲבֹתָ֖יוancestors his

    ʾavotavH1 →1212 times

  • בְּעִ֥ירin [the] city of

    beirH5892 →1090 times

  • דָּוִֽד׃David

    davidH1732 →999 times

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

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 2:10

    Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

    it leads to

    • Acts 2:29

      Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

    • Acts 13:36

      For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:28

      He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

    • 1 Kings 1:21

      Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

    • 1 Kings 11:43

      And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

  • Through

    2 Kings 8:24

    And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 21:1

      And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 26:23

    And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 21:20

      Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the…

    • 2 Chronicles 28:27

      And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

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