2 Kings 14:23

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fifteenth	חֲמֵשׁ cha.mesh-	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular construct
year	בִּשְׁנַת֙ bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Amaziah	לַאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ la.'a.matz.Ya.hu	H558	Amatsjah · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Joash	יוֹאָ֖שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
Jeroboam	יָרָבְעָ֨ם ya.ra.ve.'Am	H3379	Jarobam · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Joash	יוֹאָ֤שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
reign	מָ֠לַךְ Ma.lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Samaria	בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן be.Sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
one	וְאַחַ֖ת ve.'a.Chat	H259	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
years	שָׁנָ֔ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 14:27 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 Joas…
Hosea 1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the d…
Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days o…
Amos 7:9-11 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jero…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:23–end

Here is an account of the reign of Jeroboam the second. I doubt it is an indication of the affection and adherence of the house of Jehu to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that they called an heir-apparent to the crown by his name, thinking that an honourable name which in the book of God is infamous and stigmatized as much as any. I. His reign was long, the longest of all the reigns of the kings of Israel: He reigned forty-one years; yet his contemporary Azariah, the king of Judah, reigned longer, even fifty-two years. This Jeroboam reigned just as long as Asa had done (Kg1 15:10), yet one did that which was good and the other that which was evil. We cannot mea…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 14:23

JEROBOAM'S WICKED REIGN OVER ISRAEL. (Kg2 14:23-29) Jeroboam, the son of Joash king of Israel--This was Jeroboam II who, on regaining the lost territory, raised the kingdom to great political power (Kg2 14:25), but adhered to the favorite religious policy of the Israelitish sovereigns (Kg2 14:24). While God granted him so great a measure of national prosperity and eminence, the reason is expressly stated (Kg2 14:26-27) to be that the purposes of the divine covenant forbade as yet the overthrow of the kingdom of the ten tribes (see Kg2 13:23). Next: 2 Kings Chapter 15

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 14:22

He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It had probably suffered much in the late war; and was now rebuilt by Uzziah, and brought entirely under the dominion of Judah.

John Gill on 2 Kings 14:23

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,.... So that he reigned fourteen or fifteen years contemporary with him; for Amaziah reigned twenty nine years: and reigned forty and one years; Josephus says (i) forty, giving only the round number. (i) Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 9.) c. 10. sect. 1.

The Church Fathers

"In the fifteenth year of King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years. He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet." This is the same Jonah who preached the repentance of Nineveh. And the Sea of Arabah is the same that the Scripture calls elsewhere the "salt sea," situated on the border with Canaan, of which the city of Hamath, beside the Mount Lebanon, is the other northern border. Jeroboam honored the prophet Jonah as his father had honored Elisha and recurred to his useful work, so that, being encouraged by his predictions and advice, was able to conquer back the cities occupied by the Syrians.
— Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 14:23

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Dictionary and topics

Jeroboam — Increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of…
Jeroboam · .Succes — .Succes
Kings · Who reigned over Israel: Jeroboam the Second — Who reigned over Israel: Jeroboam the Second

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2 Kings 14:23

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 14:23

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 14:22

John Gill on 2 Kings 14:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 14:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 14:23

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 14:22

John Gill on 2 Kings 14:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 14:23-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 14:23

Rashi on 2 Kings 14:22