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They made a conspiracyוַיִּקְשְׁרוּ קֶשֶׁרagainst himעָלָיוin Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִַםand he fledוַיָּנָסto Lachish;לָכִישָׁהand they sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּafter himאַחֲרָיוto Lachishלָכִישָׁהand put him to deathוַיְמִתֻהוּthere.שָׁם
2 Kings 14:19
Study it in the app“They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.”
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2 Kings 14:19, word by word
- They made a conspiracyיִּקְשְׁרוּyikshru
conspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “yikshru” appears- They made a conspiracyקֶשֶׁרkesher
conspiracy
Conspiracy: a secret agreement to rise up against the one in power.
Where else “kesher” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and he fledיָּנָסyanas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanas” appears- to Lachishלָכִישָׁlachisha
Lachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachisha” appears- and they sentיִּשְׁלְחוּyishlchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appears- and put him to deathיְמִתֻyemitu
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemitu” appears
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The death of Amaziah
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2 Kings 14:17-22
17Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years. 18The rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 20They carried him on the horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21All the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 22He built Elath and brought it back to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.
25:25Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years. 25:26The rest of the acts of Amaziah, the first and the last, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27From the time that Amaziah turned away from following YHWH, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 25:28They carried him on the horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 26:2He built Eloth and brought it back to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Lachish
Today: Tel Lachish ruins, Israel
A fortified city in the low hills of Judah, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua took it (Josh 10:32). Sennacherib attacked it before coming against Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:14), and it was one of the last cities to fall to Babylon (Jer 34:7).
The context
18The rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19 · This verse (above)
20They carried him on the horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.