14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 14:18 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 4 14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 5 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 6 and they killed him there. 14:20 His body was carried back by horses 7 and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David. 14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 14:22 Azariah 8 built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king 9 had passed away. 10
1 sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
2 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
5 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
7 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
8 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
9 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Azariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 sn This must refer to Amaziah.
13 tn Heb “lay with his fathers.”