2 Kings 14:17-22

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. ¹  14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, ²  so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him ³  and they killed him there. 14:20 His body was carried back by horses ⁴  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 ⁵  built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king ⁶  had passed away. ⁷ 

[14:18]  ¹ 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?”

[14:19]  ² tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”

[14:19]  ³ tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”

[14:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”

[14:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Azariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:22]  ⁶ sn This must refer to Amaziah.

[14:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “lay with his fathers.”