2 Kings 13:12

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Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Now the rest of the matters of Jehoash and all that he did and his might which he fought with Amaziah, the king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel?

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Concerning the rest of the actes of Ioash and all that he did, and his valiant deedes, and how he fought against Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    But the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, and his valour wherewith he fought against Amasias king of Juda, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    As for the other matters concerning Jehoash, and all that he did, and his might by which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel?
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Now the rest of the matters of Jehoash and all that he did and his might which he fought with Amaziah, the king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel?
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The rest of what happened in Jehoash's reign, all he did, and his great achievements such as his war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, and the force with which he went to war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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אֲמַצְיָ֣ה
ʼĂmatsyâh
H558
“Amaziah”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H553 and H3050

TWOT: None

Amaziah = "Jehovah is mighty" - a king of Judah, son Joash, father of Azariah - a priest of Bethel under Jeroboam II - father of Joshah, of the tribe of Simeon - a Levite tabernacle singer in David's day
  1. וְיֶ֨תֶר yether H3499 “and · remainder of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  2. דִּבְרֵ֤י dâbâr H1697 “words of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. יוֹאָשׁ֙ Yôwʼâsh H3101 “Joash” Noun, Proper
  4. וְכָל kôl H3605 “and · all of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  5. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  6. עָשָׂ֔ה ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  7. וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ gᵉbûwrâh H1369 “and · strength · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  8. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  9. נִלְחַ֔ם lâcham H3898 “to fight” Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. עִ֖ם ʻim H5973 “with” Preposition
  11. מֶֽלֶךְ melek H4428 “king of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  12. יְהוּדָ֑ה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 “Judah” Noun, Proper
  13. הֲלֽוֹא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Interrogative + Particle, Negative
  14. הֵ֣ם hêm H1992 “they” Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  15. כְּתוּבִ֗ים kâthab H3789 “written” Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  16. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  17. סֵ֛פֶר çêpher H5612 “book of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  18. דִּבְרֵ֥י dâbâr H1697 “words of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  19. הַיָּמִ֖ים yôwm H3117 “the · days” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  20. לְמַלְכֵ֥י melek H4428 “to/for · kings of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  21. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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22
words
19
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֲמַצְיָ֣ה Amaziah H558 occurs in 39 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 13 nouns
  • 1 pronoun
  • 2 prepositions
  • 3 particles

Verb forms

  • עָשָׂ֔ה Qal · Perfect
  • נִלְחַ֔ם Niphal · Perfect
  • כְּתוּבִ֗ים Qal · Participle Passive

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • דִּבְרֵ֤י word H1697 ×2
  • מֶֽלֶךְ king H4428 ×2
  • אֲשֶׁ֣ר which H834 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 39 words from the Hebrew and 41 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 22 Hebrew tokens and 31 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Kings 13:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Kings 13:14–25 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it!
  • 2 Kings 14:8–16 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
  • 2 Kings 14:25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:17–24 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Kings 13:12 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י יוֹאָשׁ֙ וְכָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִלְחַ֔ם עִ֖ם אֲמַצְיָ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הֲלֽוֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Kings 13:12 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ λοιπός ὁ λόγος ιωας καί πᾶς ὅσος ποιέω καί ὁ δυναστεία αὐτός ὅς ποιέω μετά αμεσσιας βασιλεύς ιουδα οὐ οὗτος γράφω ἐπί βιβλίον λόγος ὁ ἡμέρα ὁ βασιλεύς ἰσραήλ

And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, and his mighty acts which he performed together with Amessias king of Juda, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וּשְׁאַר פִּתְגָמֵי יוֹאָשׁ וְכָל דַעֲבַד וּגְבוּרָתֵיהּ דְאַגִיחַ עִם אֲמַצְיָה מֶלֶךְ שִׁבְטָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה הֲלָא אִינוּן כְּתִיבִין עַל סֵפֶר פִּתְגָמֵי יוֹמָא לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 2 Kings 13:12 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ki 13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Ver. 12. And the rest of the acts.] See 1Ki 16:27.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah--(See on Kg2 14:8-14). The usual summary of his life and reign occurs rather early, and is again repeated in the account given of the reign of the king of Judah (Kg2 14:15).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12. Wherewith he fought against Amaziah] This war with Amaziah may be seen in ample detail 2 Chron. 25; it ended in the total defeat of Amaziah, who was taken prisoner by Joash, and afterwards slain in a conspiracy at Lachish. Joash took Jerusalem, broke down four hundred cubits of the wall, and took all the royal treasures, and the treasures of the house of God. See 2Ch 25:20-27.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(12) And the rest.—This is repeated, 2Ki_14:15-16.

Wherewith he fought.—Or, how he fought. In 2Ki_14:15 and is prefixed, and should be restored here.

Against Amaziah.—See the account of 2Ki_14:8, seq.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

12. his might where with he fought against Amaziah king of Judah] The story of Amaziah’s challenge to Jehoash is told in 2Ki_14:8-14 and in 2 Chronicles 25. He was proud of his victory over Edom, and sent to the king of Israel saying, ‘Come let us see one another in the face’, and, in spite of the wise message of Jehoash, would come forth to battle and was defeated at Beth-shemesh. After his victory the king of Israel broke down a part of the wall of Jerusalem, and carried away the treasures and vessels both from the house of the Lord and from the king’s house.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And Joash slept with his fathers,.... Or died:

and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; who was his son; it is not said that he began to sit on it, or to reign, nor to reign in his father's stead; hence it is concluded, as by Kimchi and others, that his father set him on his throne in his lifetime; and the Jewish chronology (l) expressly asserts that he reigned with him one year:

and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; see Kg2 13:9, the history of his life and actions does not cease here, but, after an account of the sickness and death of Elisha, it is reassumed, which was necessary to interpose to lead on to it.

(l) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 19.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

According to ordinary laws of historical composition, these verses should form the closing paragraph of the present chapter.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Juda, who was the aggressor. See 2 Paralipomenon xxv. 23.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah King of Judah, (see 2Ki_14:11-14) are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Either this and the next verses have been displaced from their rightful position by some accident, or the author at one time intended to terminate his account of Joash at this point. The formula used is one, which regularly closes the reign of each king. The proper place for it would have been after ver. 25.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

his might by which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah

Here the strength of Jehoash's army is spoken of as Jehoash's "might." AT: "the power that his army showed when they fought against the army of Amaziah king of Judah" (See: Metonymy)

are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel?

This question is used to remind the reader that the acts of Jehoahaz are recorded in another book. See how this phrase is translated in 2 Kings 1:18. AT: "they are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel." (See: Rhetorical Question)

Jehoash slept with his ancestors

This a polite way to say that Jehoash died. (See: Euphemism)

Jeroboam sat on his throne

Here "sat on his throne" refers to ruling as king. At: "Jeroboam became king after him" or "Jeroboam began to rule after him" (See: Metonymy)

translationWords

Amaziah

Jeroboam

throne

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Lesson kit

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2 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 22 words (19 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂmatsyâh (“Amaziah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Amaziah” (ʼĂmatsyâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does 2 Kings 12:21, which shares the word «Amaziah», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “word” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. «עָשָׂ֔ה» is a Qal Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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