2 Kings 14:17

2Ki 14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Ver. 17. Lived … fifteen years.] But it was a kind of a lifeless life. Mortis habet vices quae trahitur vita gemitibus. He lay all the while under the hatred and contempt of his subjects; being forced also by conspirators to flee to Lachish, and there to live as an exile, till they thought good to take away his life. Our Edward II, called Carnatron, his case was not unlike. Edvardum occidere nolite timere bonum est.

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.

14:17-18 Some suggest that Jehoash took Amaziah back to Samaria where he remained captive until Jehoash’s death. Subsequently released, Amaziah ruled jointly with his son Uzziah for fifteen years. • The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah: See study note on 1 Kgs 14:29-31.

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(17) Fifteen years.—He came to the throne in the second year of Jehoash, who reigned sixteen years (2Ki_13:10), and reigned twenty-nine years (2Ki_14:2). The different data are thus self-consistent. Jehoash appears to have died very soon after his victory—perhaps in the following year.

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

17–22. Close of the reign of Amaziah. He is slain by his subjects. Succession of Azariah in Judah (2Ch_25:25-28; 2Ch_26:1-2)

17. Amaziah … lived after the death of Jehoash] It has been already noticed that this is not the usual way in which the continuance of a king’s reign is described. It may be that while Jehoash was on the throne of Israel Amaziah was kept in subjection, if not a prisoner, and even after that never came again to the full enjoyment of his power.

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And they brought him on horses,.... That is, in a chariot or hearse drawn by horses; though the Jews (h) suppose he was carried on horses, and that because he worshipped the gods of the Edomites, who were themselves carried on horses; and he was not carried on the shoulders of men, because he neglected to serve the God of Israel, whose mysteries were carried on the shoulders of men:

and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David; and very probably in the sepulchre of the kings, though his father was not.

(h) Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. paralip. fol. 85. L.

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And Amaziah the son of Joash King of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz King of Israel fifteen years. This note of time is based on ver. 2, which makes Amaziah begin to reign in the second year of Joash of Israel, and hold the throne for twenty-nine years. If he really began to reign in the fourth year of Joash, he would have survived him only thirteen years (see the comment on ver. 2).

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

This question is used to remind the reader that these things are recorded. See how this phrase is translated in 2 Kings 8:23. AT: "they are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah." (See: Rhetorical Question)

They made a conspiracy against Amaziah in Jerusalem

A conspiracy is a secret plan to do harm to someone or something. AT: "Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah"

Lachish

This is a city in southwestern Judah. (See: How to Translate Names)

but they sent men after him to Lachish

The men who made the conspiracy sent other men to follow Amaziah to Lachish.

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die

send

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And Amatzyohu … lived, etc. The entire fifteen years, Uzziyohu his son reigned during his lifetime, for so it is written, “And since the time that Amatzyoh turned away from following the Adonoy.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.