2 Kings 14:17 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.”

2 Kings 14:17

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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, {are} they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

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2 Kings 14:1

"In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah."

2 Kings 14:2

"He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."

2 Kings 14:3

"And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did."

2 Kings 14:4

"Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places."

2 Kings 14:5

"And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father."

2 Kings 14:6

"But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin."

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