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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 14:15-22

Here are three kings brought to their graves in these few verses:?1. Joash king of Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:15, 16. We attended his funeral once before, 2 Kgs. 13:12, 13. But, because the historian had occasion to give a further account of his life and actions, he again mentions his death and burial. 2. Amaziah king of Judah. Fifteen years he survived his conqueror the king of Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:17. A man may live a great while after he has been shamed, may be thoroughly mortified (as Amaziah no doubt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:15

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might ,.... His valiant and mighty acts which he did in his wars with the Syrians, 2 Kings 13:25 , and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah ; a short account of which is given in the preceding verses: are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? a book very often mentioned and referred to, as containing the history of the events and transactions of every reign. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:16

And Jehoash slept with his fathers ,.... Died as they died: and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel ; where they were: and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead ; which was Jeroboam the second. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:17

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. Which, with the fourteen he reigned contemporary with him, made the twenty nine years he reigned, 2 Kings 14:2 . The Vulgate Latin version is, "twenty five years". read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:18

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Not in the canonical book of Chronicles; though there are some things of him recorded there, which are not here; but in the annals of each reign, written by the king's historian appointed for that purpose. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:19

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ,.... Against Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men of it; perhaps those whose sons the king of Israel had carried away as hostages, which they imputed to the ill conduct of Amaziah, as well as the breaking of the wall of Jerusalem, and the pillaging of the temple, and the king's palace: and he fled to Lachish ; a fortified city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:39 but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:20

And they brought him on horses ,.... That is, in a chariot or hearse drawn by horses; though the Jews F8 Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. paralip. fol. 85. L. suppose he was carried on horses, and that because he worshipped the gods of the Edomites, who were themselves carried on horses; and he was not carried on the shoulders of men, because he neglected to serve the God of Israel, whose mysteries were carried on the shoulders of men: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 14:15

How he fought with Amaziah - The only fighting between them was the battle already mentioned; and this is minutely related in 2 Chronicles 25:21-24 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 14:19

They made a conspiracy against him - His defeat by Jehoash, and the consequent pillaging of the temple, and emptying the royal exchequer, and the dismantling of Jerusalem, had made him exceedingly unpopular; so that probably the whole of the last fifteen years of his life were a series of troubles and distresses. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-20

THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH OVER JUDAH . This chapter takes up the history of the kingdom of Judah from the each of 2 Kings 12:1-21 ; with which it is closely connected. The writer, after a few such general remarks as those with which he commonly opens the history of each reign ( 2 Kings 12:1-4 ), proceeds to relate read more

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