2 Kings 14:21 KJV — MannaFest

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

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ASV

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

WEB

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

YLT

And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he is a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah;

DBT

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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10 verses on the floor

1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
Matthew 1:8–9
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
2 Kings 21:24
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2 Kings 15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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all the people of Judah took Azariah--or Uzziah (2Ki 15:30; The popular opposition had been personally directed against Amaziah as the author of their calamities, but it was not extended to his family or heir.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Azariah - This Azariah is called Uzziah, chap. xv, 30, both names signifying the same thing for substance; that, God's help; and this, God's strength. But this was not done till twelve years after his father's death: so long the government was in the hands of protectors.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Uzziah (Azariah) — attested in contemporary inscriptiontier 1 · undisputed
Royal-servant seals (Abiyaw, Shubnayaw); the later 'bones of Uzziah' reburial plaque is Second-Temple, not contemporary
Biblical figure (King of Judah, 788/787-736/735 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.

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