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

20His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David. 21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. Azariah 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. 24He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

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 that time King Rezin of Syria recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. Syrians arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)
• Deuteronomy 2:8So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the desert route, from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the Moab wastelands.
• 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
• 2 Chronicles 26:2Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away.

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