2 Kings 14:21
in 2 Kings 14Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
All the people of Judah - The words imply that the conspiracy was one in which the general mass of the people did not participate. There was no confusion and trouble as on the occasion of the murder of Joash. Azariah (“the strength of Yahweh”), and Uzziah (“whom Yahweh assists”), were mere variants of one name.
This site's exposition
who was sixteen years old
on 2 Kings 14:21-22
The people of Judah install the sixteen year old Azariah in his father's place, the same king called Uzziah. He builds Elath, a port on the gulf that had belonged to Edom, and restores it to Judah. The verse closes Amaziah's account by handing his unfinished work to his son.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
And all the people of Judah took Azariah,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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Took Azariah - He is also called Uzziah, 2Ch 26:1. The former signifies, The help of the Lord; the latter, The strength of the Lord.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְח֞וּ | vaiyikchu | and they took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַ֤ם | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲזַרְיָ֔ה | ʾazaryah | Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| וְה֕וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six- | H8337 → | 216 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ | vaiyamlikhu | and they made king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֹת֔וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תַּ֖חַת | tachat | in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אָבִ֥יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃ | ʾamatzyahu | Amaziah | H558 → | 40 times |
וַיִּקְח֞וּand they took
vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עַ֤ם[the] people of
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲזַרְיָ֔הAzariah
ʾazaryahH5838 →49 times
וְה֕וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שֵׁ֥שׁsix-
sheshH8337 →216 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֖הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּand they made king
vaiyamlikhuH4427 →348 times
אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
תַּ֖חַתin place of
tachatH8478 →505 times
אָבִ֥יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃Amaziah
ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:8–9
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…
- 1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- Matthew 1:8–9
Through
2 Kings 21:24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:5
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
- 2 Kings 14:5
Through
1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:1
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 25:1
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 15:30
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 14:1
Through
2 Kings 15:13In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:1
Where this verse is studied
What the record shows
1 entry- Uzziah (Azariah) — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
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.
Counterpoint: Both servant seals surfaced on the antiquities market in the 1800s with no excavation record, so their authenticity cannot be checked against a dig context, only against letter forms. They also name Uzziah's officials rather than the king himself, so the attestation is indirect.
About 2 Kings

Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.
