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14:16 Jehoash <03060> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111> with <05973> the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. His son <01121> Jeroboam <03379> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.) 14:17 King <04428> Amaziah <0558> son <01121> of Joash <03101> of Judah <03063> lived <02421> for fifteen <06240> <02568> years <08141> after <0310> the death <04194> of King <04428> Jehoash <03060> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059> of Israel <03478>. 14:18 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Amaziah’s <0558> reign are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>. 14:19 Conspirators <07195> plotted against <07194> him in <05921> Jerusalem <03389>, so he fled <05127> to Lachish <03923>. But they sent <07971> assassins after <0310> him <03923> and they killed <04191> him there <08033>. 14:20 His body was carried back <05375> by <05921> horses <05483> and he was buried <06912> in Jerusalem <03389> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>. 14:21 All <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063> took <03947> Azariah <05838>, who was sixteen <06240> <08337> years <08141> old <01121>, and made <04427> him king <04427> in his father <01> Amaziah’s <0558> place <08478>. 14:22 Azariah built up <01129> Elat <0359> and restored <07725> it to Judah <03063> after <0310> the king <04428> had passed away <01> <05973> <07901>. 14:23 In the fifteenth <06240> <02568> year <08141> <08141> of the reign <04427> of Judah’s <03063> King <04428> Amaziah <0558>, son <01121> of Joash <03101>, Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Joash <03101> became king <04428> over Israel <03478>. He reigned for forty-one <0259> <0705> years <08141> in Samaria <08111>. 14:24 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>; he did not <03808> repudiate <05493> the sinful <02403> ways of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> who <0834> encouraged <02398> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>. 14:25 He <01931> restored <07725> the <0853> border <01366> of Israel <03478> from Lebo Hamath <02574> in the north to <05704> the sea <03220> of the Arabah <06160> in the south, in accordance with the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> announced <01696> through <03027> his servant <05650> Jonah <03124> son <01121> of Amittai <0573>, the prophet <05030> from <0834> Gath Hepher <01662>. 14:26 The Lord <03068> saw <07200> Israel’s <03478> intense <03966> <04784> suffering <06040>; everyone was weak <06113> <0657> and incapacitated <05800> <0657> and Israel <03478> had no <0369> deliverer <05826>. 14:27 The Lord <03068> had not <03808> decreed <01696> that he would blot out <04229> Israel’s <03478> memory <08034> from under <08478> heaven <08064>, so he delivered <03467> them through <03027> Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Joash <03101>. 14:28 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jeroboam’s <03379> reign, including all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, his military <03898> success <01369> in restoring <07725> Israelite <03478> control over Damascus <01834> and Hamath <02574>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 14:29 Jeroboam <03379> passed away and was buried <07901> in Samaria with <05973> the kings <04428> of Israel <04427> <03478>. His son <01121> Zechariah <02148> replaced <08478> him as king.

• 2Ki 14:23-29 -- Jeroboam II's Reign over Israel

• Uzziah

  [ebd] a contracted form of Azari'ah the Lord is my strength. (1.) One of Amaziah's sons, whom the people made king of Judah in his father's stead (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 26:1). His long reign of about fifty-two years was "the most ...
  [nave] UZZIAH 1. Called Azariah. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 14:21; 15:1, 2; 2 Chr. 26:1, 3. Rebuilds Elath, 2 Kin. 14:22; 2 Chr. 26:2. Reigns righteously, 2 Kin. 15:3; 2 Chr. 26:4, 5. Defeats the Philistines, 2 Chr. 26:6, 7. Takes t...
  

• UZZIAH; (AZARIAH)

  [isbe] UZZIAH; (AZARIAH) - u-zi'-a, oo-zi'-a (`uzziyah (2 Ki 15:13,30; Hos 1:1; Am 1:1; Zec 14:5), `uzziyahu (2 Ki 15:32,34; Isa 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; 2 Ch 26:1 ff; 27:2); also called `azaryah (2 Ki 14:21; 15:1,7; 1 Ch 3:12), 'azaryahu (2...
  

• Prophecy

  [nave] PROPHECY Concerning Jesus, See: Jesus. Concerning church, See: Church, Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of. Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles. Respecting individuals, see...
  

• Plain

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'abel (Judg. 11:33), a "grassy plain" or "meadow." Instead of "plains of the vineyards," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has "Abel-cheramim" (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2 Chr. 16:4. (2.) Heb. 'elon...
  

• Jeroboam

  [ebd] increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), "an Ephrathite," the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of Zereda, and while still ...
  [isbe] JEROBOAM - jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of I...
  [smith] (whose people are many). The first king of the divided kingdom of Israel, B.C. 975-954, was the son of an Ephraimite of the name of Nebat. He was raised by Solomon to the rank of superintendent over the taxes and labors exac...
  [nave] JEROBOAM: 1. First king of Israel after the revolt. Promoted by Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:28. Ahijah's prophecy concerning, 1 Kin. 11:29-39; 14:5-16. Flees to Egypt to escape from Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:26-40. Recalled from Egypt by...
  

• 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...
  

• JEHOAHAZ

  [smith] (whom the Lord sustains). The son and successor of jehu, reigned 17 years, B.C. 856-840, over Israel in Samaria. His inglorious history is given in (2 Kings 13:1-9) Throughout his reign, ver. (2 Kings 13:22) he was kep...
  

• 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...
  

• Hamath

  [isbe] HAMATH - ha'-math (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable for this chief royal city of the Hittites, situated between their northern ...
  [smith] (fortress), the principal city of upper Syria, was situated in the valley of the Orontes, which it commanded from the low screen of hills which forms the water-shed between the source of the Orontes and Antioch. The Hamathite...
  [nave] HAMATH, called also Hemath. A city of upper Syria, Num. 13:21; 34:8; Josh. 13:5; 1 Kin. 8:65; Ezek. 47:16. Inhabited by Canaanites, Gen. 10:18. Prosperity of, Amos 6:2. David receives gifts of gold and silver from Toi, kin...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• GALILEE

  [isbe] GALILEE - gal'-i-le (ha-galil, hagelilah, literally, "the circuit" or "district"; he Galilaia): 1. Galilee of the Nations: Kedesh, the city of refuge, is described as lying in Galilee, in Mt. Naphtali (Josh 20:7; compare 21:...
  

• Elath

  [ebd] grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings 9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first me...
  

• CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - kro-nol'-o-ji: I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Difficulties of the Subject 2. Plan of Treatment 3. Bible to be Regarded as Highest Authority II. THE AGES BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS III. PERSIAN PERIOD IV. BA...
  

• CHAMPAIGN

  [isbe] CHAMPAIGN - sham-pan', sham'-pan (`arabhah, biq`ah): A champaign is a flat open country, and the word occurs in Dt 11:30 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "the Arabah") as a translation of `a...
  

• Burial

  [ebd] The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron "four hundred shekels of silver curr...
  

• BASHAN

  [isbe] BASHAN - ba'-shan (ha-bashan, "the Bashan"; Basan): This name is probably the same in meaning as the cognate Arabic bathneh, "soft, fertile land," or bathaniyeh (batanaea), "this land sown with wheat" ("wheatland"). 1. Bound...
  

• 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.
  

• AZARIAH

  [ebd] whom Jehovah helps. (1.) Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:8). (2.) Son of Ahimaaz, who succeeded his grandfather Zadok as high priest (1 Chr. 6:9; 1 Kings 4:2) in the days of Solomon. He officiated at the consec...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  

• ARABAH

  [ebd] plain, in the Revised Version of 2 Kings 14:25; Josh. 3:16; 8:14; 2 Sam. 2:29; 4:7 (in all these passages the A.V. has "plain"); Amos 6:14 (A.V. "wilderness"). This word is found in the Authorized Version only in Josh. 18:18...
  [isbe] ARABAH - ar'-a-ba, a-ra'-ba ha-`arabhah, "the Arabah"): This word indicates in general a barren district, but is specifically applied in whole or in part to the depression of the Jordan valley, extending from Mount Hermon to...
  

• AMOS (1)

  [isbe] AMOS (1) - a'-mos (`amoc, "burdensome" or "burden-bearer"; Amos): I. THE PROPHET 1. Name 2. Native Place 3. Personal History 4. His Preparation (1) Knowledge of God (2) Acquaintance with History of His People (3) Personal Tr...
  

• King Amaziah

  

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