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Allכָּלthe peopleעַםof JudahיְהוּדָהtookוַיִּקְחוּAzariah,אֶת עֲזַרְיָהand heוְהוּאwas sixteenשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהyears old,בֶּן שָׁנָהand they made him kingוַיַּמְלִכוּ אֹתוֹin placeתַּחַתof his fatherאָבִיוAmaziah.אֲמַצְיָהוּ
2 Kings 14:21
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2 Kings 14:21, word by word
- the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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- tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- Azariahעֲזַרְיָהazarya
Azariah
Azariah: the name of many men in the Bible: priests and officials in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:2, 5), a king of Judah also called Uzziah (2 Kings 15), one of Daniel's companions (Daniel 1:6), and others. The name means "YHWH has helped."
Where else “azarya” appears- was sixteenשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- was sixteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- years oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- years oldשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- and they made him kingיַּמְלִכוּyamlichu
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “yamlichu” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” 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
Translation note
Azariah is the same king who in 15:13 and in other books is called Uzziah.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
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.
The context
20They carried him on the horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21 · This verse (above)
22He built Elath and brought it back to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.