God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 14:20
20They brought him back by horse, and he was buried in Jerusalem, in the City of David, with his ancestors.
2 Kings 14:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
- New International Version (NIV)He was brought back by horse and was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors, in the City of David.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they brought him on horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
Context of 2 Kings 14:20
18Isn’t everything else about Amaziah written in the official records of the kings of Judah? 19Conspirators in Jerusalem plotted against him, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent men to Lachish after him and killed him there. They brought him back by horse, and he was buried in Jerusalem, in the City of David, with his ancestors. 21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 22Azariah rebuilt Elath and returned it to Judah after King Amaziah lay down in death with his ancestors.
Read all of 2 Kings 142 Kings 14:20 word by word
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־הַסּוּסִ֑ים וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they broughtנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- him on horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
- and he was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
- at Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
Cross-references for 2 Kings 14:20
- 2 Kings 8:24Jehoram lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
- 2 Kings 9:28His servants brought him in a chariot to Jerusalem. They buried him in a tomb with his ancestors in the City of David.
- 2 Kings 12:21Joash’s officials Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer, executed him. They buried him with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.
- 1 Kings 2:10David lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
- 1 Kings 11:43Solomon lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.
- 2 Chronicles 21:20He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled for 8 years in Jerusalem. No one was sorry to see him die. He was buried in the City of David but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 26:23Uzziah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in a field containing tombs that belonged to the kings. People said, “He had a skin disease.” His son Jotham succeeded him as king.
- 2 Chronicles 33:20Manasseh lay down in death with his ancestors. They buried him in his own palace. His son Amon succeeded him as king.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 14:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20They brought him on horses - i. e. they conveyed his body back to Jerusalem in the royal chariot. The combination of relentless animosity against the living prince with the deepest respect for his dead remains is very characteristic of an Oriental people.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
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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
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