John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:21
And all the people of Judah took Azariah ,.... Called Uzziah in the next chapter, and so in the book of Chronicles; both names signifying much the same, the one "the help of the Lord", the other "the strength of the Lord": (which was sixteen years old;) yet as he began to reign in the twenty seventh year of Jeroboam, 2 Kings 15:1 and Jeroboam began to reign in the fifteenth yaer of Amaziah, 2 Kings 14:23 , he could be but four years of age, for the solution of which; see Gill on 2... read more
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