2 Kings 14 · Verse 1

2 Kings 14:1

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
2 Kings 14:1, King James Version

2 Kings 14:1 in other translations

BSBIn the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
WEBIn the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
ASVIn the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
YLTIn the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah;
DARBYIn the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, began Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, to reign.
BBEIn the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.
WebsterIn the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

What does 2 Kings 14:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Amaziah begins to reign well; his victory over the Edomites, 2Kgs 14:1-7. He challenges Jehoash, king of Israel, 2Kgs 14:8. Jehoash's parable of the thistle and the cedar, 2Kgs 14:9, 2Kgs 14:10. The two armies meet at Beth-shemesh; and the men of Judah are defeated, 2Kgs 14:11, 2Kgs 14:12. Jehoash takes Jerusalem, breaks down four hundred cubits of the wall; takes the treasures of the king's house, and of the temple; and takes hostages, and returns to Samaria, 2Kgs 14:13, 2Kgs 14:14. The death and burial of both these kings, 2Kgs 14:15-20. Azariah, the son of Amaziah, made king; he builds Elath, vv. 21, 22. Jeroboam the second is made king over Israel: his wicked reign and death, vv. 23-29. Verse 1 In the second year of Joash - This second year should be understood as referring to the time when his father Jehoahaz associated him with himself in the kingdom: for he reigned two years with his father; so this second year of Joash is the first of his absolute and independent government. - See Calmet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 14:1-7
Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle of faith and devotion, and with the same sincerity and resolution.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 14:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.Natin yearH8141
שְׁתַּ֔יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
לְיוֹאָ֥שׁle.yo.'Ashof JoashH3101
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יוֹאָחָ֖זyo.'a.ChazJehoahazH3099
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מָלַ֛ךְma.Lakhhe became kingH4427
אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ'a.matz.Ya.huAmaziahH558
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
יוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshJoashH3101
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 14:1

  • 2 Kings 13:10

    In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:1-4

    Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:12

    Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

  • 2 Kings 14:15

    Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Amaziah's good reign.
5 His justice on the murderers of his father.
7 His victory over Edom.
8 Amaziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled.
15 Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash.
17 Amaziah slain by a conspiracy.
21 Azariah succeeds him.
23 Jeroboam's wicked reign.
28 Zachariah succeeds him.

A.M. 3165. B.C. 839. Joash.
15; 13:10
reigned Amaziah.
1Ch 3:12; 2Ch 25:1-4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 14:1

    In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

  • 2 Kings 14:2

    He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 14:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		EN el año segundo de Joas hijo de Joachâz rey de Israel, comenzó á reinar Amasías hijo de Joas rey de Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*La seconde année de Joas, fils de Joakhaz, roi d’Israël, Amatsia, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, commença de régner.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im zweiten Jahre Joas, des Sohnes Joahas des Königs von Israel, wurde Amazja König, der Sohn Joas, des Königs von Juda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In anno secundo Joas filii Joachaz regis Israël, regnavit Amasias filius Joas regis Juda.