# 2 Kings 14.23-29 **Book:** [2 Kings](/codex/2-kings/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 21. And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 22. He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. > > **23. 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. 24. And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 25. He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. 26. For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 27. And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29. And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.** (2 Kings 14:21-29, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 21. All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 22. He built Elath, and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers. > > **23. 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 for forty-one years. 24. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 25. He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher. 26. For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for all, slave and free, and there was no helper for Israel. 27. Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29. Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.** (2 Kings 14:21-29, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 21. And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22. He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. > > **23. 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. 24. 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. 25. He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. 26. For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27. And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29. And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.** (2 Kings 14:21-29, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 21. And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he [is] a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah; 22. he hath built Elath, and bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers. > > **23. In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, reigned hath Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel in Samaria, forty and one years, 24. and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin. 25. He hath brought back the border of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the desert, according to the word of Jehovah, God of Israel, that He spake by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet, who [is] of Gath-Hepher, 26. for Jehovah hath seen the affliction of Israel, very bitter, and there is none restrained, and there is none left, and there is no helper to Israel; 27. and Jehovah hath not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, and saveth them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash. 28. And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought, and with which he brought back Damascus, and Hamath of Judah, into Israel, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29. And Jeroboam lieth with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Zechariah his son in his stead.** (2 Kings 14:21-29, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [H3467 - yasha](/codex/h3467-yasha/), *yasha*, Strong's H3467 - [H2403 - chattath](/codex/h2403-chattath/), *chattath*, Strong's H2403 - [H5650 - ebed](/codex/h5650-ebed/), *ebed*, Strong's H5650 - [H0259 - echad](/codex/h0259-echad/), *echad*, Strong's H0259 - [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/), *shem*, Strong's H8034 - [H7725 - shuv](/codex/h7725-shuv/), *shuv*, Strong's H7725 ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Jonah Swallowed By A Whale Fiction Defeater](/codex/jonah-swallowed-by-a-whale-fiction-defeater/), via [2 Kings 14.25](/codex/2-kings-14-25/) **Passages:** - [Amos 5.11-12](/codex/amos-5-11-12/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. 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Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.