2 Kings 14:22

2 Kings 14:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

Context of 2 Kings 14:22

20They carried his dead body back to Jerusalem on a horse. They buried him there beside his ancestors in the City of David. 21All the people in Judah made Amaziah's son Azariah king instead of his father. Azariah was 16 years old. He was the king who built Elath into a strong city again. He put it back under Judah's power. He did that after his father Amaziah had died. 23Jehoash's son Jeroboam became the king of Israel when Joash's son Amaziah had been king of Judah for 15 years. Jeroboam ruled Israel for 41 years in Samaria. 24He did things that the Lord said were evil. He did not turn away from the bad things that Nebat's son Jeroboam had done. He had caused many people in Israel to do those sins.

2 Kings 14:22 word by word

ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־אֵילַ֔ת וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָ לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אַחֲרֵ֥י שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עִם־אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Elathאֵילַת'êylôth 'êylath · ElathH359
• and restoredשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• it to Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• sleptשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Kings 14:22

• 2 Kings 16:6(At the same time, King Rezin got Elath town back for Syria. He chased out the people of Judah who were living there. People from Edom then moved into Elath, and they are still living there.)
• Deuteronomy 2:8So we went on. We passed the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They have the same ancestors that we have. We left the road through the Jordan Valley that goes from Elath and Ezion-Geber. Instead, we travelled on the road through the Moab desert.
• 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also built ships at Ezion-Geber. This place is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
• 2 Chronicles 26:2He built Elath again after King Amaziah had died. He made it a part of Judah again.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 14:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It had probably suffered much in the late war; and was now rebuilt by Uzziah, and brought entirely under the dominion of Judah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Elath, or Eloth (marginal reference 1 Kings 9:26), was near Ezion-Geber, in the Gulf of Akabah. It had been lost to the Jews on the revolt of Edom from Joram 2 Kings 8:22. Uzziah‘s re-establishment of the place, rendered possible by his father‘s successes 2 Kings 14:7, was one of his first acts, and seems to imply a desire to renew the commercial projects which Solomon had successfully carried out, and which Jehoshaphat had vainly attempted 1 Kings 22:48.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have been very young when his father was slain. Though the years of his reign are reckoned from that event, he was not fully made king till eleven years afterwards.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Elath, built by Solomon (2 Chronicles 8:17) on the Gulf of Aqaba, served as a key trade gateway to the Red Sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. He built Elath--fortified that seaport. It had revolted with the rest of Edom, but was now recovered by Uzziah. His father, who did not complete the conquest of Edom, had left him that work to do. 2Ki 14:23-29. Jeroboam's Wicked Reign over Israel.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 14:22

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Uzziah

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Elath
• Look
• Meddle
• Worse
• Amaziah
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Edom; Edomites

Commentaries on 2 Kings 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary