2 Kings 14 · Verse 22

2 Kings 14:22

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Kings 14:22, King James Version

2 Kings 14:22 in other translations

BSBAzariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
WEBHe built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.
ASVHe built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
YLThe hath built Elath, and bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.
DARBYIt was he that built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
BBEHe was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.
WebsterHe built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

What does 2 Kings 14:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. He built Elath--fortified that seaport. It had revolted with the rest of Edom, but was now recovered by Uzziah. His father, who did not complete the conquest of Edom, had left him that work to do. 2Ki 14:23-29. Jeroboam's Wicked Reign over Israel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It had probably suffered much in the late war; and was now rebuilt by Uzziah, and brought entirely under the dominion of Judah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 14:22 in the original Hebrew

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ה֚וּאhu'heH1931
בָּנָ֣הba.Nahhe builtH1129
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֵילַ֔ת'ei.LatElathH359
וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָvay.shi.Ve.haand he restored itH7725
לִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.Dahto JudahH3063
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
שְׁכַֽב\־she.khav-lay downH7901
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָֽיו\׃\ \פ'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1

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Cross references for 2 Kings 14:22

  • 2 Kings 16:6

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

  • 1 Kings 9:26

    And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

  • Deuteronomy 2:8

    And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:17

    Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:2

    He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Elath.Elath, the Æla or Elana of the Greek and Roman writers, was a celebrated port situated at the extremity of the eastern branch of the Red Sea, hence called the Elanitic Gulf, ten miles east from Petra, according to Eusebius, and 150 Roman miles from Gaza, according to Pliny, but 1,260 stadia, or 157 miles, according to Strabo and Marcianus Herecleota. It is now called Akaba, and is nothing but a tower or castle, surrounded by a large grove of date trees, the residence of a governor, dependent on him of Grand Cairo.
16:6; De 2:8; 1Ki 9:26; 2Ch 26:2
Eloth.

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Context

  • 2 Kings 14:21

    And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Kings 14:22

    He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

  • 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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2 Kings 14:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Edificó él á Elath, y la restituyó á Judá, después que el rey durmió con sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ce fut lui qui bâtit Élath, et la recouvra pour Juda, après que le roi se fut endormi avec ses pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er baute Elath und brachte es an Juda zurück, nachdem der König sich zu seinen Vätern gelegt hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ipse ædificavit Ælath, et restituit eam Judæ, postquam dormivit rex cum patribus suis.