2 Kings 14:2
in 2 Kings 14He 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
KJV
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Joash of Judah reigned forty years 2Ki 12:1, and Joash of Israel ascended the throne in his namesake’s thirty-seventh year 2Ki 13:10; hence, we should have expected to hear that Amaziah succeeded his father in the fourth rather than in the second year of Joash (of Israel). The usual explanation of the discrepancy is to suppose a double accession of the Israelite Joash - as co-partner with his father in the thirty-seventh year of his namesake, as sole king two years afterward.
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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
1 ), for he was but four years old at the death of his father, so that, for twelve years, till he came to be sixteen, the government was in the hands of protectors. He reigned very long ( ch. xv. 2 ) and yet the account of his reign is here industriously huddled up, and broken off abruptly (
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He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem,.... Fourteen years contemporary with Joash king of Israel, who reigned sixteen years, 2Ki 13:10 and fifteen after him, 2Ki 14:17, and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem; of whom we nowhere else read,
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֨ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְחָמֵ֤שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְמָלְכ֔וֹ | vemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ | vatesha' | and nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִמּ֔וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| יְהֽוֹעַדָּ֖ן | yehoadin | [was] Jehoaddan | H3086 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וְחָמֵ֤שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
הָיָ֣הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
בְמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he
vemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙and nine
vatesha'H8672 →58 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אִמּ֔וֹmother his
ʾimoH517 →220 times
יְהֽוֹעַדָּ֖ן[was] Jehoaddan
yehoadinH3086 →
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 16:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.