2 Kings 14:1
in 2 Kings 14In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
KJV
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIn the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. As Joash king of Israel began to reign in the thirty seventh of Joash king of Judah, 2Ki 13:10, who reigned forty years, Amaziah must therefore begin his reign in the fourth of Joash king of Israel; this therefore must be understood of his second year after he reigned alone, for he reigned two or three years in his father's lifetime.
This site's exposition
In the second year of Joash
on 2 Kings 14:1-2
Amaziah's accession is dated against Jehoash of Israel's second year, though Jehoash himself began to reign in the thirty seventh year of Amaziah's father Joash. The commentators resolve the seeming clash with a co-regency, years counted from when Amaziah reigned alone rather than from his father's death. Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, his mother, is named and nowhere else mentioned in Scripture.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"In the second year of King Joash son of Ahaziah of Israel, King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah began to reign," who avenged the death of his father, but with moderation, so that he spared the life of the relatives of the conspirators according …
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
In the second year of Joash - This second year should be understood as referring to the time when his father Jehoahaz associated him with himself in the kingdom: for he reigned two years with his father; so this second year of Joash is the first of his absolute and independent government. - See Calmet.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The history of Judah is resumed 2 Kings 14:1-22, followed by a brief account of the contemporary history of Israel under Jeroboam II 2Ki 14:23-29. The earlier narrative runs parallel with 2 Chr. 25.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁנַ֣ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שְׁתַּ֔יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| לְיוֹאָ֥שׁ | leyoash | of Joash | H3101 → | 47 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹאָחָ֖ז | yoachaz | Jehoahaz | H3099 → | |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מָלַ֛ךְ | malakh | he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ | ʾamatzyahu | Amaziah | H558 → | 40 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹאָ֖שׁ | yoash | Joash | H3101 → | 47 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
בִּשְׁנַ֣תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
שְׁתַּ֔יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
לְיוֹאָ֥שׁof Joash
leyoashH3101 →47 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יוֹאָחָ֖זJehoahaz
yoachazH3099 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מָלַ֛ךְhe became king
malakhH4427 →348 times
אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּAmaziah
ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
יוֹאָ֖שׁJoash
yoashH3101 →47 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 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
1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
it leads to
- 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 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 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people…
- 2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:30
Through
2 Kings 14:15As 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…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 10:34–35
As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 13:12–13
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the…
- 1 Kings 14:19–20
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:34–35
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 16:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.