2 Kings 14:22
in 2 Kings 14Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
KJV
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHe built Elath,.... A port which belonged to Edom, Deu 2:8 which very probably David took from them when he made them tributary, and which they retook when they revolted, and Amaziah got again when he defeated them; and this his son rebuilt and fortified: and restored it to Judah; annexed it to the kingdom of Judah, as in the days of David and Solomon: after that the king slept with his fathers; after the death of his father Amaziah.
This site's exposition
which was sixteen years old
on 2 Kings 14:21-22
The people of Judah, not a court faction, install the sixteen year old Azariah in his father's place, the same king called Uzziah at 15:30, both names built on the same root meaning the Lord's strength or the Lord's help. He builds Elath, a port on the gulf that had belonged to Edom, and restores it to Judah, finishing the reconquest his father's war had only begun. The verse closes Amaziah's account by handing his unfinished work to his son.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It had probably suffered much in the late war; and was now rebuilt by Uzziah, and brought entirely under the dominion of Judah.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
He built Elath--fortified that seaport. It had revolted with the rest of Edom, but was now recovered by Uzziah. His father, who did not complete the conquest of Edom, had left him that work to do.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Elath, or Eloth (marginal reference 1Ki 9:26), was near Ezion-Geber, in the Gulf of Akabah. It had been lost to the Jews on the revolt of Edom from Joram 2Ki 8:22. Uzziah’s re-establishment of the place, rendered possible by his father’s successes 2Ki 14:7, was one of his first acts, and seems to imply a desire to renew the commercial projects which Solomon had successfully carried out, and which Jehoshaphat had vainly attempted 1Ki 22:48.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ה֚וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בָּנָ֣ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֵילַ֔ת | ʾeilat | Elath | H359 → | 8 times |
| וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָ | vayshiveha | and he restored it | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה | lihudah | to Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| שְׁכַֽב־ | shekhav- | lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
ה֚וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
בָּנָ֣הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֵילַ֔תElath
ʾeilatH359 →8 times
וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָand he restored it
vayshivehaH7725 →1056 times
לִֽיהוּדָ֑הto Judah
lihudahH3063 →819 times
אַחֲרֵ֥יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
שְׁכַֽב־lay down
shekhav-H7901 →212 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 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 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:35
They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:8
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 33:35
Through
Deuteronomy 2:8So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 16:6
At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 11:18
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon.…
- Numbers 20:20–21
But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
- 2 Kings 16:6
Through
2 Kings 16:6At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 26:2
Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 26:2
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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); 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.