2 Kings — Chapter 14

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2 Kings 14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel ^Rreigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

1 Chr 3:12; 2 Chr 25:1-4

2 Kings 14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: ^Rhe did according to all things as Joash his father did.

2 Chr 24:2,17; 2 Chr 25:14-16

2 Kings 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

2 Kings 14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, ^Rthat he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

Gen 9:6; Exod 21:12-14

2 Kings 14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

2 Kings 14:7 He ^Rslew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took ^TSelah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

2 Kgs 8:20-22; 2 Chr 25:11-12

the rock

2 Kings 14:8 Then ^RAmaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

2 Chr 25:17-24

2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

2 Kings 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and ^Rthine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry ^Tat home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

Deut 8:14; 2 Chr 26:16

at thy house

2 Kings 14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

2 Kings 14:12 And Judah was ^Tput to the worse before Israel; and ^Rthey fled every man to their tents.

1 Sam 4:10; 2 Sam 18:17

smitten

2 Kings 14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel ^Rtook Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

2 Kgs 25:6; 2 Chr 33:11

2 Kings 14:14 And he took ^Rall the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

2 Kgs 24:13; 2 Kgs 25:15

2 Kings 14:15 Now ^Rthe rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2 Kgs 10:34-35; 2 Kgs 13:12

2 Kings 14:16 And ^RJehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

2 Sam 7:12; 1 Kgs 1:21

2 Kings 14:17 And ^RAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2 Kgs 14:1-2,23; 2 Kgs 13:10

2 Kings 14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Kings 14:19 Now ^Rthey made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

2 Kgs 12:20-21; 2 Kgs 15:10,14,25,30

2 Kings 14:20 And they brought him on horses: and ^Rhe was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

2 Kgs 8:24; 2 Kgs 9:28

2 Kings 14:21 And all the people of Judah took ^R^TAzariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

2 Kgs 15:13; 2 Chr 26:1

also called, Uzziah

2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Kings 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah ^RJeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

2 Kgs 14:27; Hos 1:1

2 Kings 14:24 And he did that which was evil ^Rin the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

2 Kgs 21:6; Gen 38:7

2 Kings 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel ^Rfrom the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

Num 13:21; Num 34:7-8

2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD ^Rsaw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

2 Kgs 13:4; Exod 3:7,9

2 Kings 14:27 And the LORD ^Rsaid not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

2 Kgs 13:23; Hos 1:6

2 Kings 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered ^RDamascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2 Sam 8:6; 1 Kgs 11:24

2 Kings 14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and ^RZachariah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs 15:8

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Kings 14:1–7 — Amaziah and individual accountability

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Amaziah begins with some right conduct, though high places remain. He judges his father’s murderers but spares their children according to Moses’ law. The passage explicitly distinguishes personal guilt from a parent’s offense.

Key Truth: Do not assign one person’s guilt to innocent relatives.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Kings 14:8–22 — Pride after victory brings defeat

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

After victory over Edom, Amaziah challenges Israel despite a warning about pride. Judah is defeated, Jerusalem’s wall and treasures suffer, and Amaziah later dies in a conspiracy. Azariah succeeds him.

Key Truth: Success should not lead to reckless confidence.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Kings 14:23–29 — Jeroboam’s gains and God’s compassion

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Jeroboam son of Joash restores territory according to Jonah’s prophetic word. He nevertheless continues Israel’s sin. God sees the people’s affliction and delivers them; territorial success does not prove the king’s righteousness.

Key Truth: Mercy toward suffering people should lead to gratitude and repentance.

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Deuteronomy 24:16 — The law directly states the principle Amaziah follows about children and parents.

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