2 Kings

2 Kings 14:17–20

¹⁷Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. ¹⁸As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

¹⁹And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there. ²⁰They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

Read all of 2 Kings 14

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

2 Kings 14:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֤הוּ	’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
son	בֶן־	ḇen-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Joash	יוֹאָשׁ֙	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
lived	וַיְחִ֨י	way·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2421 live
for fifteen	חֲמֵ֥שׁ	ḥă·mêš	Number - feminine singular construct	H2568 five
years	שָׁנָֽה׃	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
after	אַֽחֲרֵ֣י	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
the death	מ֔וֹת	mō·wṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4194 death
of Jehoash	יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ	yə·hō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3060 Jehoash
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Jehoahaz	יְהֽוֹאָחָ֖ז	yə·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3059 Jehoachaz
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

2 Kings 14:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As for the rest	וְיֶ֖תֶר	wə·ye·ṯer	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3499 remainder, excellence, excess
of the acts	דִּבְרֵ֣י	diḇ·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word
of Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ	’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
are they not	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
written	כְּתוּבִ֗ים	kə·ṯū·ḇîm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H3789 write
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the Book	סֵ֛פֶר	sê·p̄er	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5612 missive, document, writing, book
of the Chronicles	דִּבְרֵ֥י	diḇ·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word
of the Kings	לְמַלְכֵ֥י	lə·mal·ḵê	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4428 king
of Judah	יְהוּדָֽה׃	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah

2 Kings 14:19

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And conspirators	קֶ֛שֶׁר	qe·šer	Noun - masculine singular	H7195 conspiracy
plotted	וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ	way·yiq·šə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7194 bind, league together, conspire
against	עָלָ֥יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
and he fled	וַיָּ֣נָס	way·yā·nās	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
to Lachish	לָכִ֑ישָׁה	lā·ḵî·šāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H3923 Lakish
But men were sent	וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ	way·yiš·lə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7971 send
after him	אַֽחֲרָיו֙	’a·ḥă·rāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H310 behind
to Lachish	לָכִ֔ישָׁה	lā·ḵî·šāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H3923 Lakish
and they killed him	וַיְמִתֻ֖הוּ	way·mi·ṯu·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H4191 die
there	שָֽׁם׃	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither

2 Kings 14:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They carried him back	וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ	way·yiś·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
horses	הַסּוּסִ֑ים	has·sū·sîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5483 swallow or swift
and buried him	וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר	way·yiq·qā·ḇêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6912 bury
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
his fathers	אֲבֹתָ֖יו	’ă·ḇō·ṯāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
in the City	בְּעִ֥יר	bə·‘îr	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H5892 excitement
of David	דָּוִֽד׃	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Kings 14:17 2 Chronicles 25:25–28

2 Kings 14:19 Joshua 10:31

2 Kings 14:20 2 Kings 9:28

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.