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HeהוּאbuiltבָּנָהElathאֶת אֵילַתand brought it backוַיְשִׁבֶהָto Judah,לִיהוּדָהafterאַחֲרֵיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְlay downשְׁכַבwith his fathers.עִם אֲבֹתָיו
2 Kings 14:22
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2 Kings 14:22, word by word
- builtבָּנָהbana
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bana” appears- Elathאֵילַתelat
Elath
Elath, a port on the Sea of Reeds next to Ezion-geber. The name means "trees."
Where else “elat” appears- and brought it backיְשִׁבֶyeshive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yeshive” appears- to Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
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 “yhuda” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- lay downשְׁכַבshechav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shechav” appears- with his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears
Parallel passages
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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.
The context
21All the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
22 · This verse (above)
23In year fifteen of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria and reigned forty-one years.