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In yearבִּשְׁנַתtwoשְׁתַּיִםof Joashלְיוֹאָשׁsonבֶּןof Jehoahaz,יוֹאָחָזkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלAmaziahאֲמַצְיָהוּsonבֶןof Joash,יוֹאָשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהbecame king.מָלַךְ
2 Kings 14:1
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2 Kings 14:1, word by word
- In yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- of Joashיוֹאָשׁyoash
Joash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jehoahazיוֹאָחָזyoachaz
Jehoahaz (Joahaz)
Joahaz: short form of the same name as Jehoahaz, "YHWH has grasped" (holds him); this translation writes both forms "Jehoahaz." In 2 Kings 14:1 the father of Joash, king of Israel; others also bear the name (2 Chronicles 34:8; 36:2).
Where else “yoachaz” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Amaziahאֲמַצְיָהוּamatsyahu
Amaziah
Amaziah: a name meaning "YHWH is strong." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Joash (2 Kings 12:21; 14); also a priest of Bethel in Amos's time (Amos 7:10) and two other men (1 Chronicles 4:34; 6:45).
Where else “amatsyahu” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- became kingמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
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2 Kings 14:1-6
1In year two of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, only not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4Only the high places did not go away; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. 5And it happened, as soon as the kingdom was firm in his hand, that he struck his servants who had struck the king his father. 6But the sons of those who struck him he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
1Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, only not with a whole heart. 3And it happened, as soon as the kingdom was firm upon him, that he killed his servants who had struck the king his father. 4But their sons he did not put to death, but acted according to what is written in the law, in the book of Moses, where YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not die for sons, and sons shall not die for fathers; but each shall die for his own sin.”
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2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.