2 Kings 14:22 — Meaning and Application

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“He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.”

2 Kings 14:22

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And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which {was} sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah}

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, {and reigned} forty and one years.

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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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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