2 Kings 14 · Verse 17

2 Kings 14:17

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
2 Kings 14:17, King James Version

2 Kings 14:17 in other translations

BSBAmaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
WEBAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
ASVAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
YLTAnd Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah liveth after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years,
DARBYAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
BBEAmaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
WebsterAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

What does 2 Kings 14:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 14:15-22

Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have been very young when his father was slain. Though the years of his reign are reckoned from that event, he was not fully made king till eleven years afterwards.

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2 Kings 14:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְחִ֨יvay.Chiand he livedH2421
אֲמַצְיָ֤הוּ'a.matz.Ya.huAmaziahH558
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
יוֹאָשׁ֙yo.'AshJoashH3101
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אַֽחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
מ֔וֹתMot[the] death ofH4194
יְהוֹאָ֥שׁye.ho.'AshJehoashH3060
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יְהֽוֹאָחָ֖זye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
חֲמֵ֥שׁcha.Meshfif-H2568
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

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Cross references for 2 Kings 14:17

  • 2 Chronicles 25:25-28

    And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

  • 2 Kings 14:1-2

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

  • 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 Kings 14:23

    In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3179-3194. B.C. 825-810. Amaziah.
1,2,23; 13:10; 2Ch 25:25-28

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Context

  • 2 Kings 14:16

    And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 14:17

    And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

  • 2 Kings 14:18

    And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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2 Kings 14:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Amasías hijo de Joas rey de Judá, vivió después de la muerte de Joas hijo de Joachâz rey de Israel, quince años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Amatsia, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, vécut 15 ans après la mort de Joas, fils de Joakhaz, roi d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Amazja, der Sohn Joas, der König von Juda, lebte nach dem Tode Joas, des Sohnes Joahas, des Königs von Israel, fünfzehn Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vixit autem Amasias filius Joas rex Juda postquam mortuus est Joas filius Joachaz regis Israël, quindecim annis.