2 Kings 14:21
19 And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
20 They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
22 Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
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- BSB
- Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- KJV
- And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
- WEB
- All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
- ASV
- And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- DARBY
- And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
- BLB
- And all the people of Judah took Azariah—and he [was] a son of sixteen years—and they made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
- ÅB
- Og alt Judas folk tok og gjorde Asarja[^2], som da var seksten år gammel, til konge i hans far Amasjas sted.
- OTB
- Hele folket i Juda tok Asarja, som var seksten år gammel, og gjorde ham til konge i stedet for hans far Amasja.
- B1930
- Og alt Judas folk tok og gjorde Asarja, som da var seksten år gammel, til konge i hans far Amasjas sted. / < d.s.s. Ussias; 2KG 15, 13. 30.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 3:12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
Read in contextMatthew 1:8–9
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
Read in context2 Kings 15:13
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
Read in context2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:1
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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