2 Kings 14:21

2 Kings 14:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
• New International Version (NIV)Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

Context of 2 Kings 14:21

19Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there. 20His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David. All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 22Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away. 23In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria.

2 Kings 14:21 word by word

וַיִּקְח֞וּ כָּל־עַ֤ם יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת־עֲזַרְיָ֔ה וְה֕וּא בֶּן־שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ אֹת֔וֹ תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Azariahעֲזַרְיָה, עֲזַרְיָ֫הוּ‛ăzaryâh ‛ăzaryâhû · AzariahH5838
• sixteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• sixteenשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and made him kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• instead of his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Amaziahאֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ'ămatsyâh 'ămatsyâhû · AmaziahH558

Cross-references for 2 Kings 14:21

• 2 Kings 15:13Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign over Judah. He reigned for one month in Samaria.
• 2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
• Matthew 1:8Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,
• 2 Kings 21:24The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
• 1 Chronicles 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

Commentaries on 2 Kings 14:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Took Azariah - He is also called Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:1. The former signifies, The help of the Lord; the latter, The strength of the Lord.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21All the people of Judah - The words imply that the conspiracy was one in which the general mass of the people did not participate. There was no confusion and trouble as on the occasion of the murder of Joash. Azariah (“the strength of Yahweh”), and Uzziah (“whom Yahweh assists”), were mere variants of one name.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. 21Uzziah's fifty-two-year reign ended in 740 BC. He started as co-ruler with his father at age sixteen in 792 BC. It seems Jehoash and Amaziah also made their sons co-rulers before going to war to ensure a smooth government transition.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. all the people of Judah took Azariah--or Uzziah (2Ki 15:30; 2Ch 26:1). The popular opposition had been personally directed against Amaziah as the author of their calamities, but it was not extended to his family or heir.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 14:21

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Uzziah

In the dictionaries

• Amaziah
• Azariah
• Judah
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Look
• Meddle
• Uzziah
• Worse

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