2 Kings 14:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-7

Amaziah, the son and successor of Joash, is the king whom here we have an account of. Let us take a view of him, I. In the temple; and there he acted, in some measure, well, like Joash, but not like David, 2 Kgs. 14:3. He began well, but did not persevere: He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, kept up his attendance on God's altars and his attention to God's word, yet not like David. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the usage, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:7

He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand ,.... Of which valley; see Gill on 2 Samuel 8:13 , the Edomites having revolted from Judah in the days of Joram, 2 Kings 8:20 . Amaziah undertook to reduce them with an army of 300,000 choice men; and, besides these, hired also of Israel 100,000 valiant men, for one hundred talents of silver; but at the instance of a prophet of the Lord he dismissed the latter, and went against Edom only with his men, and slew of the Edomites 10,000,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 14:7

He slew of Edom to the valley of salt - This war is more circumstantially related in 2 Chronicles 25:5 , etc. The Idumeans had arisen in the reign of Joram king of Judah, and shaken off the yoke of the house of David. Amaziah determined to reduce them to obedience; he therefore levied an army of three hundred thousand men in his own kingdom, and hired a hundred thousand Israelites, at the price of one hundred talents. When he was about to depart at the head of this numerous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-7

Amaziah doing right. The murder of Joash King of Judah, and the accession of his son Amaziah, took place a little after the accession of Joash the son of Jehoahaz in Israel, therefore just before the turn of the tide in the fortunes of the latter kingdom. I. EARLY RIGHT - DOING . 1. A promising beginning . Amaziah was not, any more than his father, a man of strong character. He proved to be vain, boastful, and foolish But he began well, giving heed to the counsels of God's... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-29

REIGNS OF AMAZIAH , SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH , OVER JUDAH , AND OF JEROBOAM , SON OF JOASH KING OF ISRAEL , OVER ISRAEL . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-29

Significant facts in God's government. "In the second year of Joash," etc. In this chapter we have a sketch of a succession of kings both of Judah and Israel. Here are two kings of Judah—Amaziah and Azariah; and Joash, Jeroboam, and his son Zachariah, kings of Israel. The whole chapter suggests certain significant facts in God's government of mankind. I. THE ENORMOUS FREEDOM OF ACTION WHICH HE ALLOWS WICKED MEN . Here we learn: 1. That God allows wicked men to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:7

He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand. Edom had revolted from Judah and recovered complete independence in the reign of Jehoram, about fifty years previously ( 2 Kings 8:20 ). Since that time the two countries had remained at peace. Now, however, Amaziah resolved upon a great effort to resubjugate them. According to Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 9.9. § 1) and Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 25:5 ), he levied an army of 400,000 men—300,000 Jews, and 100,000 hired Israelites—with which he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah’s Idumaean war is treated at length by the writer of Chronicles (marginal reference).The “Valley of Salt” is usually identified with the broad open plain called the Sabkah, at the southern end of the Dead Sea - the continuation of the Ghor or Jordan gorge. At the north-western corner of this plain stands a mountain of rock-salt, and the tract between this mountain and the sea is a salt-marsh. Salt springs also abound in the plain itself, so that the name would be fully accounted for. It... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 14:7

2 Kings 14:7. He slew of Edom That is, of the Edomites, or the children of Seir, as they are called 2 Chronicles 25:1. The Edomites, after having been subject to Judah from the time of David, who subdued them, revolted in the days of Jehoram, (2 Kings 8:10,) and now Amaziah endeavoured to reduce them: and having, at the command of God, abandoned the help of the Israelites, although he had purchased it with a large sum, (2 Chronicles 25:7-10,) he and the men of Judah gained a great... read more

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