2 Kings 14:20 - Exposition

And they brought him on horses ; literally, on the horses, which must mean "on his horses." Probably Amaziah had fled to Lachish in the royal chariot, and his body was now brought back in it to Jerusalem. The conspirators were evidently minded to treat the royal corpse with all respect. And he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David ; i.e. the city on the eastern hill, which David took from the Jebusites (see the comment on 1 Kings 2:10 ).