2 Kings 14:19

2 Kings 14:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
• New International Version (NIV)They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
• New Living Translation (NLT)There was a conspiracy against Amaziah’s life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.

Context of 2 Kings 14:19

17Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 18Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 20And they brought him on horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

2 Kings 14:19 word by word

וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ עָלָ֥יו קֶ֛שֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֣נָס לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַֽחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now they madeקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• a conspiracyקֶ֫שֶׁרqesher · conspiracyH7195
• against him in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and he fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• to Lachishלָכִישׁlâkîysh · LachishH3923
• but they sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 2 Kings 14:19

• 2 Kings 12:20His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
• 2 Kings 15:10Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 21:23And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house.
• 2 Chronicles 25:27From the time when he turned away from the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
• Joshua 10:31Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it.
• Micah 1:13Harness the steeds to the chariots, inhabitants of Lachish; it was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 14:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19They made a conspiracy against him - His defeat by Jehoash, and the consequent pillaging of the temple, and emptying the royal exchequer, and the dismantling of Jerusalem, had made him exceedingly unpopular; so that probably the whole of the last fifteen years of his life were a series of troubles and distresses.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. 19-20Like his father Joash (2 Kings 12:20–21), Amaziah was killed by assassins. The writer of Chronicles says his lack of faith led to the plot against him (2 Chronicles 25:27). Lachish, southwest of Jerusalem, was where King Sennacherib of Assyria won a key battle during his invasion of Judah in 701 BC (2 Kings 18:14). Nebuchadnezzar II also captured it during his attack on Jerusalem in 588 BC (Jeremiah 34:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem--Amaziah's apostasy (2Ch 25:27) was followed by a general maladministration, especially the disastrous issue of the war with Israel. The ruinous condition of Jerusalem, the plunder of the temple, and the loss of their children who were taken as hostages [2Ki 14:13, 14], lost him the respect and attachment not of the grandees only, but of his subjects generally, who were in rebellion. The king fled in…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 14:19

• Citizens
• Conspiracy
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Lachish
• Regicide

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Amaziah
• Burial
• Jehoash
• Look
• Meddle
• Worse
• Make, Maker
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Nimshi

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