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14:1 In the second <08147> year <08141> of the reign <04427> of Israel’s <03478> King <04428> Joash <03101> son <01121> of Joahaz <03099>, Joash’s <03101> son <01121> Amaziah <0558> became king <04428> over Judah <03063>. 14:2 He was twenty-five <02568> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began <01961> to reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for twenty-nine <08672> <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Jehoaddan <03086>, who was from <04480> Jerusalem <03389>. 14:3 He did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, but <07535> not <03808> like David <01732> his father <01>. He followed <06213> the example of his father <01> Joash <03101>. 14:4 But <07535> the high places <01116> were not <03808> eliminated <05493>; the people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> and burn incense <06999> on the high places <01116>. 14:5 When <01961> he had secured <02388> control <03027> of the kingdom <04467>, he executed <05221> the servants <05650> who had assassinated <05221> his father <01>. 14:6 But he did not <03808> execute <04191> the sons <01121> of the assassins <05221>. He obeyed the Lord’s <03068> commandment <06680> as <0834> recorded <03789> in the law <08451> scroll <05612> of Moses <04872>, “Fathers <01> must not <03808> be put <04191> to death <04191> for <05921> what their sons <01121> do, and sons <01121> must not <03808> be put to death <04191> for <05921> what their fathers <01> do. A man <0376> must be put <04191> to death <04191> only for <0518> <03588> his own sin <02399>.” 14:7 He <01931> defeated <05221> 10,000 <0505> <06235> Edomites <0123> in the Salt <04417> Valley <01516>; he captured <08610> Sela <05554> in battle <04421> and renamed <07121> it Joktheel <03371>, a name <08034> it has retained to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>. 14:8 Then <0227> Amaziah <0558> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> son <01121> of Jehu <03058>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>. He said <0559>, “Come <01980>, let’s meet <07200> face to face <06440>.” 14:9 King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> this message back <07971> to <0413> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, “A thornbush <02336> in Lebanon <03844> sent <07971> this message to <0413> a cedar <0730> in Lebanon <03844>, ‘Give <05414> your daughter <01323> to my son <01121> as a wife <0802>.’ Then a wild <07704> animal <02416> of Lebanon <03844> came by <05674> and trampled down <07429> the thorn <02336>. 14:10 You thoroughly defeated <05221> <05221> Edom <0123> and it has gone <05375> to your head <03820>! Gloat over <05375> your success <03513>, but stay <03427> in your palace <01004>. Why <04100> bring <01624> calamity <07451> on yourself? Why bring down <05307> yourself <0859> and Judah <03063> along with <05973> you?” 14:11 But Amaziah <0558> would not <03808> heed the warning <08085>, so King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Israel <03478> attacked <05927>. He <01931> and King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063> met face to face <06440> <07200> in Beth Shemesh <01053> of Judah <03063>. 14:12 Judah <03063> was defeated <05062> by Israel <03478>, and each man <0376> ran back <05127> home <0168>. 14:13 King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Israel <03478> captured <08610> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, son <01121> of Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Ahaziah <0274>, in Beth Shemesh <01053>. He attacked <0935> Jerusalem <03389> and broke down <06555> the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> from the Gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669> to <05704> the Corner <06438> Gate <08179>– a distance of about six hundred feet <03967> <0520> <0702>. 14:14 He took <03947> away all <03605> the gold <02091> and silver <03701>, all <03605> the items <03627> found <04672> in the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> and in the treasuries <0214> of the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and some hostages <08594> <01121>. Then he went back <07725> to Samaria.( <08111> 14:15 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jehoash’s <03060> reign, including <0834> all his accomplishments <06213> and his successful war <03898> with <05973> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.

• 2Ki 14:1-22 -- Amaziah's Reign over Judah

• Amaziah

  [ebd] strengthened by Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chr. 6:45). (2.) The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 14:1-4). He began...
  [isbe] AMAZIAH - am-a-zi'-a ('amatsyah, 'amatsyahu, "Yahweh is mighty"; 2 Ki 14:1-20; 2 Ch 25). Son of Jehoash, and tenth king of Judah. Amaziah had a peaceable accession at the age of 25. A depleted treasury, a despoiled palace an...
  [nave] AMAZIAH 1. A Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. King of Judah. History of, 2 Kin. 14; 2 Chr. 25. 3. An idolatrous priest at Bethel, Amos 7:10-17. 4. Father of Joshah, 1 Chr. 4:34.
  

• Jehoash

  [ebd] Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only surviving descendant of Solomon (2 Chr. 21:4, 17). His...
  [smith] (given by the Lord), the uncontracted form of Joash. The eighth king of Judah; son of Ahaziah. (2 Kings 11:21; 12:1,2,4,6,7,18; 14:13) [JOASH, 1] The twelfth king of Israel; son of Jehoahaz. (2 Kings 13:10,25; 14:8,9,1...
  [nave] JEHOASH 1. Called also Joash. Successor of Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 13:10-25. Defeats Amaziah, 2 Kin. 13:12; 14:8-15; 2 Chr. 25:17-24. Death of, 2 Kin. 13:13; 14:16. 2. King of Judah. See: Joash.
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• JEHOASH; JOASH

  [isbe] JEHOASH; JOASH - je-ho'-ash, the uncontracted form of (yeho'ash, yo'ash, "Yahweh has bestowed"; compare 2 Ki 11:2,21; 12:1,19; 2 Ch 24:1, etc.; Ioas): (1) The 9th king of Judah; son of Ahaziah and Zibiah, a woman of Beersheb...
  

• Beth-shemesh

  [ebd] house of the sun. (1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh. 15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Juda...
  [nave] BETH-SHEMESH 1. A set apart city of Dan, Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15; 1 Chr. 6:59. On the northern border of Judah, Josh. 15:10; 1 Sam. 6:9, 12. In later times transferred to Judah, 2 Kin. 14:11. Mentioned in Solomon's commi...
  

• Joktheel

  [ebd] subdued by God. (1.) A city of Judah near Lachish (Josh. 15, 38). Perhaps the ruin Kutlaneh, south of Gezer. (2.) Amaziah, king of Judah, undertook a great expedition against Edom (2 Chr. 25:5-10), which was completely succe...
  [isbe] JOKTHEEL - jok'-the-el, jok'-thel (yoqethe'el) : (1) A city in the Shephelah of Judah named between Mizpeh and Lachish (Josh 15:38); unidentified. (2) A city in Edom formerly called Sela, taken by Amaziah after the battle in...
  [smith] (subdued by God). A city in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:38) named next to Lachish. "God-subdued," the title given by Amaziah to the cliff (Authorized Version Selah) --the stronghold of the Edomites-- after he had ca...
  [nave] JOKTHEEL 1. A city of Judah, Josh. 15:38. 2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom, 2 Kin. 14:7; 2 Chr. 25:11, 12. Called rock in Judg. 1:36.
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Edomites

  [nave] EDOMITES, called also Edom. Descendants of Esau, Gen. 36. Kings of, Gen. 36:31-39; Num. 20:14; 1 Chr. 1:43-50; Ezek. 32:29; Amos 2:1. Dukes of, Gen. 36:9-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54. Land of, Gen. 32:3; Deut. 2:4, 5, 12....
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  

• Jehoaddan

  [ebd] Jehovah his ornament, the wife of King Jehoash, and mother of King Amaziah (2 Kings 14:2).
  [isbe] JEHOADDAN - je-ho-ad'-an (yeho`addan, meaning unknown): In 2 Ch 25:1; and Qere, the King James Version in 2 Ki 14:2, where Kethibh and the Revised Version (British and American) are "Jehoaddin" (yeho`addin), the mother of Ki...
  [smith] (Whom Jehovah adorns), queen to King Josiah, and mother of Amaziah of Judah. (2 Kings 14:2; 2 Chronicles 25:1) (B.C. 862-837.)
  [nave] JEHOADDAN, mother of Amaziah, 2 Kin. 14:2; 2 Chr. 25:1.
  

• SALT, VALLEY OF

  [ebd] a place where it is said David smote the Syrians (2 Sam. 8:13). This valley (the' Arabah) is between Judah and Edom on the south of the Dead Sea. Hence some interpreters would insert the words, "and he smote Edom," after the...
  [isbe] SALT, VALLEY OF - (ge' ha-melach): The scene of battles, firstly, between David or his lieutenant Abishai and the Edomites (2 Sam 8:13; 1 Ch 18:12; Ps 60, title), and later between Amaziah and these same foes (2 Ki 14:7; 2 C...
  [smith] a valley in which occurred two memorable victories of the Israelite arms: That of David over the Edomites. (2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Chronicles 18:12) That of Amaziah. (2 Kings 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:11) It is perhaps the...
  

• LEBANON

  [ebd] white, "the white mountain of Syria," is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or Ant...
  [isbe] LEBANON - leb'-a-non (lebanon; Septuagint Libanos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Libanus): 1. Name: Derived from the root labhen, "to be white," probably from the snow which covers its summits the greater part...
  [smith] a mountain range in the north of Palestine. The name Lebanon signifies white, and was applied either on account of snow which, during a great part of the year, cover its whole summit, or on account of the white color of its l...
  

• FABLE

  [ebd] applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, "cunningly devised fables", of the Jews on religious questions (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16). In such passages the word means anything...
  [isbe] FABLE - fa'-b'-l (muthos): (1) Primitive man conceives of the objects around him as possessing his own characteristics. Consequently in his stories, beasts, trees, rocks, etc., think, talk and act exactly as if they were hum...
  [smith] A fable is a narrative in which being irrational, and sometimes inanimate, are, for the purpose of moral instruction, feigned to act and speak with human interests and passions. --Encyc. Brit. The fable differs from the parab...
  

• Salt

  [isbe] SALT - solt (melach; halas, hals): Common salt is considered by most authorities as an essential ingredient of our food. Most people intentionally season their cooking with more or less salt for the sake of palatability. Oth...
  [nave] SALT Lot's wife turned into a pillar of, Gen. 19:26. The city of Salt, Josh. 15:62. The valley of salt, 2 Sam. 8:13; 2 Kin. 14:7. Salt sea, Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:12; Deut. 3:17; Josh. 3:16; 12:3; 15:2. Salt pits, Zeph. 2:9....
  

• LOOK

  [isbe] LOOK - look: (1) The uses of the simple verb in English Versions of the Bible are nearly all good modern English. In Isa 5:2, however, "He looked that it should bring forth grapes"--"look" is used in the sense of "expect." C...
  

• DEUTERONOMY

  [ebd] In all the Hebrew manuscripts the Pentateuch (q.v.) forms one roll or volume divided into larger and smaller sections called parshioth_ and _sedarim. It is not easy to say when it was divided into five books. This was probab...
  [isbe] DEUTERONOMY - du-ter-on'-o-mi: 1. Name 2. What Deuteronomy Is 3. Analysis 4. Ruling Ideas 5. Unity 6. Authorship 7. Deuteronomy Spoken Twice 8. Deuteronomy's Influence in Israel's History 9. The Critical Theory LITERATURE 1....
  

• Sarcasm

  [nave] SARCASM. Instances of Cain's self-justifying argument when God asked him where Abel was, Gen. 4:9. Israelites reproaching Moses, Ex. 14:11. God reproaching Israel, Num. 11:20; Judg. 10:14. Balak reproaching Balaam, Num....
  

• JERUSALEM, 4

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 4 - IX. History. Pre-Israelite period.--The beginnings of Jerusalem are long before recorded history: at various points in the neighborhood, e.g. at el Bukei`a to the Southwest, and at the northern extremity of th...
  

• SELA

  [ebd] =Se'lah, rock, the capital of Edom, situated in the great valley extending from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea (2 Kings 14:7). It was near Mount Hor, close by the desert of Zin. It is called "the rock" (Judg. 1:36). When Amazia...
  [isbe] SELA - se'-la (sela`, ha-cela` (with the article); petra, he petra; the King James Version Selah (2 Ki 14:7)): English Versions of the Bible renders this as the name of a city in 2 Ki 14:7; Isa 16:1. In Jdg 1:36; 2 Ch 25:12;...
  

• ELATH; ELOTH

  [isbe] ELATH; ELOTH - e'-lath, or e'-loth ('eloth, 'elath; Ailon (Dt 2:8), Ailath (2 Ki 16:6)): A seaport on the Red Sea in the territory of Edom. It is named along with Ezion-geber in the account of Israel's journey round the land...
  

• King Amaziah

  

2 Kings 14; Amaziah

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