2 Kings 14:19-20 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:20

They brought him on horses - i. e. they conveyed his body back to Jerusalem in the royal chariot. The combination of relentless animosity against the living prince with the deepest respect for his dead remains is very characteristic of an Oriental people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 14:19-20

2 Kings 14:19-20. They made a conspiracy against him That is, the people, and princes, and chief men among them did this; possibly those whose sons he had delivered up as hostages to Jehoash. It is likely this conspiracy was formed with the connivance, if not approbation, of the people, because the design was carried on openly, steadily, and irresistibly, as the following words show. “What provoked the people of Jerusalem, more than any other part of the nation, against their king, was the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-22

13:1-17:41 HISTORY TO THE FALL OF ISRAELAfter the anti-Baal revolution (13:1-14:22)Jehu’s son Jehoahaz followed the sins of earlier Israelite kings, and so did his people. The Syrian attacks foreseen by Elisha were so severe that, had God not mercifully intervened, the whole population would have been left homeless and the entire army destroyed (13:1-9).The next king, Jehoash, learnt from Elisha that he would win three battles against Syria. He would have won more, had he not lacked faith in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 14:19

Lachish. On the Philistine border in Judah (Joshua 15:39 ). Now Tel-el-Hesy, and recently excavated with important results. slew him there. See note on 2 Kings 8:26 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 14:19

2 Kings 14:19. Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, &c.— What provoked the people of Jerusalem, more than those of any other part of the nation, against their king, was, their seeing their city spoiled of its best ornaments, exposed to reproach on account of the great breach that was made in their wall, and several of their children carried away as hostages for their good behaviour, 2Ki 14:13-14 all which they imputed to their king's mal-administration; whereupon they... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:19

19, 20. they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem—Amaziah's apostasy ( :-) was followed by a general maladministration, especially the disastrous issue of the war with Israel. The ruinous condition of Jerusalem, the plunder of the temple, and the loss of their children who were taken as hostages [2 Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 14:14], lost him the respect and attachment not of the grandees only, but of his subjects generally, who were in rebellion. The king fled in terror to Lachish, a frontier... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 14:1-22

6. Amaziah’s good reign in Judah 14:1-22Amaziah of Judah reigned over Judah for 29 years (796-767 B.C.). He began reigning when Jehoash was king over Israel and died during the reign of Jehoash’s son and successor Jeroboam II. The prophet Joel may have ministered in Judah during his reign. [Note: Proponents of this view include Freeman, p. 148; and Gleason A. Archer Jr., A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, p. 305.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 14:17-22

Amaziah’s death 14:17-22The text does not identify Amaziah’s conspirators, but they were evidently Judahites who wanted to restore pure worship to their nation (2 Chronicles 25:27). Lachish was a former royal city on Judah’s western border. The king received an honorable burial. Elath was an Edomite port-city on the Gulf of Aqabah that Azariah restored after his father’s death. Perhaps Amaziah’s defeat of the Edomites made this event possible.Amaziah’s life is an example of how one who follows... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 14:1-29

Reigns of Amaziah of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel1. In the second year of Joash.. king of Israel] Joash of Judah reigned 40 years, and as his thirty-seventh year corresponded to the first year of Joash of Israel (2 Kings 13:10) the accession of his son Amaziah could not coincide with the Israelite king’s second year; so that there is some slight error of calculation.3. Not like David] He was not perfectly faithful to the Lord, for late in his reign he worshipped the gods of Edom (2 Chronicles... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 14:19

(19) Now . . . but.—And . . . and.They made a conspiracy.—The fact that no individual conspirators are mentioned appears to indicate that Amazialı’s death was the result of a general disaffection; and this inference is strengthened by the other details of the record. Thenius supppses that he had incensed the army in particular by some special act. Probably his foolish and ill-fated enterprise against Israel had something to do with it.Lachish.—Now Um Lâkis. Of old it was a strong fortress.... read more