Amaziah in 2 Kings 12:21

Amaziah

The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 14:1-4). He began his reign by punishing the murderers of his father (5-7; 2 Chr. 25:3-5). He was the first to employ a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite soldiers, which he did in his attempt to bring the Edomites again under the yoke of Judah (2 Chr. 25:5, 6). He was commanded by a prophet of the Lord to send back the mercenaries, which he did (2 Chr. 25:7-10, 13), much to their annoyance. His obedience to this command was followed by a decisive victory over the Edomites (2 Chr. 25:14-16). Amaziah began to worship some of the idols he took from the Edomites, and this was his ruin, for he was vanquished by Joash, king of Israel, whom he challenged to battle. The disaster he thus brought upon Judah by his infatuation in proclaiming war against Israel probably occasioned the conspiracy by which he lost his life (2 Kings 14:8-14, 19). He was slain at Lachish, whither he had fled, and his body was brought upon horses to Jerusalem, where it was buried in the royal sepulchre (2 Kings 14:19, 20; 2 Chr. 25:27, 28).

Male Born: 825 BC Died: 770 BC

People and places

Recorded scripture occurrences (34)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: KI2 12:21

OET-RV KI2 12:21

21 His servants Yozavad (Shim’at’s son) and Yehozavad (Shomer’s son) struck him and he died, and they buried him in his ancestral tomb in the city of David, and his son Amatsyah replaced him as king.

OET-LV KI2 12:22

22  And_Yōzāⱱād/(Jozabad) the _son _of Shimeath and_Yəhōzāⱱād/(Jehozabad) the _son _of Shomer servants _of_his they_struck _him _down and_he/it _died and_people _buried DOM_him/it with ancestors _of_his in_the _city _of Dāvid and_ ʼAmaʦ^yāh son _of_his _he _became _king in_place _of _him.

Show passage in OET: KI2 13:12

OET-RV KI2 13:12

12 Everything else that Yehoash said and did, including his great achievements fighting along with Yehudah’s King Amatsyah, is written in the book of the events of the kings of Yisrael.

OET-LV KI2 13:12

12 And_the _rest _of the _matters _of Yōʼāsh and_all that he _did and_might _of_his which he _waged _war with ʼAmaʦ^yāh the _king _of Yəhūdāh am_not are_they written on the _scroll _of the _matters _of the_days of_the _kings _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Show passage in OET: KI2 14:1

OET-RV KI2 14:1

14 In the second year of the reign of Yehoahaz’s son Yehoash over Yisrael (Israel), Amatsyah replaced his father Yoash as king of Yehudah (Judah).

OET-LV KI2 14:1

14 In_year two of_Yōʼāsh the _son _of Yəhōʼāḩāz the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) ʼAmaʦ^yāh the _son _of Yōʼāsh the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) he _became _king.

Jump to OET KI2 12:21 section.

Jump to OET KI2 13:12 section.

Jump to OET KI2 14:1 section.

Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.