2Ki 14:1-8 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Kings 14:1-8 (NET)

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Amaziah’s Reign over Judah

14:1 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz, Joash’s son Amaziah became king over Judah. 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. 14:3 He did what the Lord approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash. 14:4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. 14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” 14:7 He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day. 14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.”

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Names, People and Places:

· Amaziah son of Joash; king of Judah,a prince of Simeon under Hezekiah,son of Hilkiah (Merari Levi),pagan priest of Bethel under Jeroboam who opposed Amos

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Edomite resident(s) of the region of Edom

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jehoaddin mother of king Amaziah of Judah

· Jehoahaz son and successor of Jehu, King of Israel,son and successor of Josiah, King of Judah,youngest son and successor of King Jehoram of Judah

· Jehoash son of Becher son of Benjamin,head of the stores of oil under king David,father of Gideon,son of King Ahab of Israel,son and young successor of Ahaziah, King of Judah; father of Amaziah,son and successor of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel,a descendant of Shelah of Judah,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag

· Jehu son of Hanani who prophesied against King Baasha of Israel,son of Nimshi who killed King Joram and took his place as king of Israel,son of Obed of Judah,son of Joshibiah; head of a large influential family of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,a man of Anathoth; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Joahaz son and successor of Jehu, King of Israel

· Joash son of Becher son of Benjamin,head of the stores of oil under king David,father of Gideon,son of King Ahab of Israel,son and young successor of Ahaziah, King of Judah; father of Amaziah,son and successor of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel,a descendant of Shelah of Judah,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag

· Joktheel a town in the western foothills of Judah,a town in Edom

· Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall

· Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

· Sela a musical notation for crescendo or emphasis by action (IBD)

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NET Notes: 2Ki 14:1 The referent here is Joash of Judah (see 12:21), not Joash of Israel, mentioned earlier in the verse.

NET Notes: 2Ki 14:2 Heb “the name of his mother.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 14:3 Heb “according to all which Joash his father had done, he did.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 14:5 Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 14:6 This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

NET Notes: 2Ki 14:7 Or “struck down.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 14:8 Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.

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