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2 Kings Chapter
Fourteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 14
In
this chapter we have the good reign of Amaziah king of Judah, his victories
over the Edomites, and war with Jehoash king of Israel, by whom he was taken,
who died quickly after, 2 Kings 14:1, but
Amaziah lived fifteen years afterwards, and was slain by a conspiracy against
him, and Azariah his son reigned in his stead, 2 Kings 14:17, and
a short account is given of the reign of Jeroboam the second, king of Israel, 2 Kings 14:23.
2 Kings 14:1 In
the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son
of Joash, king of Judah, became king.
YLT
1In the second year of Joash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah;
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. As Joash king of Israel
began to reign in the thirty seventh of Joash king of Judah, 2 Kings 13:10, who
reigned forty years, Amaziah must therefore begin his reign in the fourth of
Joash king of Israel; this therefore must be understood of his second year
after he reigned alone, for he reigned two or three years in his father's
lifetime.
2 Kings 14:2 2 He was twenty-five years old
when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His
mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
YLT
2a son of twenty and five
years was he in his reigning, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in
Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem,.... Fourteen years
contemporary with Joash king of Israel, who reigned sixteen years, 2 Kings 13:10 and
fifteen after him, 2 Kings 14:17,
and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem; of whom we
nowhere else read,
2 Kings 14:3 3 And he did what was
right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like his father
David; he did everything as his father Joash had done.
YLT
3and he doth that which [is]
right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all
that Joash his father did he hath done,
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,..... At least
externally, and at the beginning of his reign:
yet not like David his father; not with a perfect
heart, with that sincerity and uprightness as he did, see 2 Chronicles 25:2,
he did according to all things as Joash his father did; who at first
reigned well, and then fell into idolatry, as this his son did.
2 Kings 14:4 4 However the high places
were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high
places.
YLT
4only, the high places have
not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high
places.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away,.... Though he
first did that which was right before God; nor did his father take them away;
see 2 Kings 12:3.
2 Kings 14:5 5 Now it happened, as soon
as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who
had murdered his father the king.
YLT
5And it cometh to pass, when
the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those
smiting the king his father,
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was strengthened in
his hand,.... That he was well settled on the throne, and had a share in
the affection of the people, and the idolatry and murder his father had
committed were worn off of the minds of the people, and the friends of the
conspirators against him were become few or none:
that he slew his servants that had slain the king his father; charged them
with the murder in a court of judicature, obtained a sentence against them, and
had them executed.
2 Kings 14:6 6 But the children of the
murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the
Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying,
“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be
put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own
sin.”[a]
YLT
6and the sons of those
smiting [him] he hath not put to death, as it is written in the book of the law
of Moses that Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers are not put to death for
sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers, but each for his own sin is
put to death.'
But the children of the murderers he slew not,.... Which is
an instance of his clemency and goodness, and of his strict regard to justice,
and to the law of God; though he might fear, these, being spared, would one
time or other revenge their fathers' deaths:
according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, see Deuteronomy 24:16,
wherein the Lord commanded, saying, the fathers shall not be put
to death for the children, nor the children, &c. to which command
Amaziah was obedient.
2 Kings 14:7 7 He killed ten thousand
Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name
Joktheel to this day.
YLT
7He hath smitten Edom, in
the valley of salt -- ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and [one] calleth
its name Joktheel unto this day,
He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand,.... Of which
valley; see Gill on 2 Samuel 8:13, the
Edomites having revolted from Judah in the days of Joram, 2 Kings 8:20.
Amaziah undertook to reduce them with an army of 300,000 choice men; and,
besides these, hired also of Israel 100,000 valiant men, for one hundred
talents of silver; but at the instance of a prophet of the Lord he dismissed
the latter, and went against Edom only with his men, and slew of the Edomites
10,000, besides other 10,000 he took alive, and cast headlong from a rock,
which came into his hands, see 2 Chronicles 25:5,
and took Selah by war; which signifies a rock,
the same with Petra, the metropolis of Arabia Petraea, the country of the Edomites.
The city itself was not a rock, nor built on one, but was situated in a plain,
surrounded with rocks and mountains, as StraboF26Geograph. l. 16. p.
536. and PlinyF1Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28. relate, from whence it seems
to have its name; and by the Syrians called Recem, where Rocan a king of Midian
reignedF2Hieron. de loc. Heb. fol. 93. M. & 94. A. Vid. Joseph.
Antiqu. l. 4. c. 7. sect. 1. , called in the Greek version of Numbers 31:8,
Recon; though VitringaF3Comment. in Jesaiam, c. 16. 1. is of
opinion, that not Petra, the metropolis of Edom, is meant, but Maalehakrabbim, Joshua 15:3, which
lay on the south border of Judea, near the salt sea:
and called the name of it Joktheel; which signifies
"the obedience of God"; in memory of his obedience to the prophet of
the Lord, in consequence of which he obtained this victory: and the name
continued unto this day: the time of the writing this book.
2 Kings 14:8 8 Then Amaziah sent
messengers to Jehoash[b] the son of
Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one
another in battle.”
YLT
8then hath Amaziah sent
messengers unto Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
`Come, we look one another in the face.'
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz the
son of Jehu king of Israel,.... The occasion of it was this, when
Amaziah dismissed the hired soldiers of Israel they were displeased, and fell
upon the cities of Judea from Samaria to Bethhoron, slew 3000 men, and took
much spoil, 2 Chronicles 25:13,
wherefore, when Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, being
elated with his victories, he sent the following message to the king of Israel,
in order to revenge the injuries his soldiers had done; and perhaps retaining
an old grudge for what Jehu, the grandfather of the king of Israel, had done to
his ancestors, and it may be in hope of reducing the ten tribes to obedience to
the house of David:
saying, come, let us look one another in the face; that is, in
battle, as the Targum adds; it was a challenge to meet him in the field of
battle, and fight with him, and try each other's courage, and see who was the
best man.
2 Kings 14:9 9 And Jehoash king of Israel
sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon
sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my
son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and
trampled the thistle.
YLT
9And Jehoash king of Israel
sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that [is] in Lebanon
hath sent unto the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my
son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon, and
treadeth down the thorn.
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah the king of Judah,.... By the
return of his messengers:
saying, the thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was
in Lebanon; intending by this proverbial way of speaking to humble the pride
of Amaziah; comparing him to a thistle or thorn, a low, mean, abject, weak,
prickly, and troublesome shrub, and himself to a cedar, a tree high and lofty,
strong, large, and spreading:
saying, give thy daughter to my son to wife; signifying,
that if in a peaceable manner he had desired to contract affinity with him, and
so establish mutual friendship, he should have despised him as being as much
below him as the thistle is below a cedar; and therefore should still more
despise and defy him, who addressed him in an hostile manner, and in such
haughty language:
and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod
down the thistle; and so there was an end put at once to its pride and ambition,
and to its treaty with the cedar; intimating hereby, that his soldiers would as
easily vanquish and destroy the army of Amaziah as a wild beast can destroy a
thistle.
2 Kings 14:10 10 You have indeed defeated
Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home;
for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with
you?”
YLT
10Thou hast certainly smitten
Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house;
and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and
Judah with thee?'
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up,.... Swelled
him with pride and vanity on account of the victory he had obtained over the
Edomites; which pride was at the bottom of his message to him, and that goes
before a fall: Proverbs 16:18.
glory of this, and tarry at home; be content with the
glory of it, and boast of it at home, but do not swagger abroad, and insult thy
neighbours:
for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? suggesting to him, that
he had better be quiet, since it would be to the harm, if not the ruin, of him
and his kingdom.
2 Kings 14:11 11 But Amaziah would not
heed. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king of
Judah faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
YLT
11And Amaziah hath not
hearkened, and go up doth Jehoash king of Israel, and they look one another in
the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah's,
But Amaziah would not hear,.... Being given up to a
judicial hardness of heart through pride; for this was of God, and by his
overruling providence, that he might be punished for his idolatry, in setting
up the gods of Edom to be his gods, and offering to them, 2 Chronicles 25:14.
therefore Jehoash king Israel went up; from Samaria
to the land of Judah, which was higher ground:
and he and Amaziah looked one another in the face; in the field
of battle:
at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah; which is
observed, not merely to distinguish it from another Bethshemesh in Naphtali,
but to observe, that the king of Israel waited not for him to give him the
challenge, but met his adversary in his own country, whither he carried the
war, not suffering him to come into his.
2 Kings 14:12 12 And Judah was defeated by
Israel, and every man fled to his tent.
YLT
12and Judah is smitten before
Israel, and they flee each to his tent.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel,.... Could not
face them; but, as JosephusF4Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3. says, a
sudden fear and consternation seized them, and before they joined battle with
the Israelites, turned their backs:
and they fled every man to their tents; to their
cities, as the Targum, and left their king alone.
2 Kings 14:13 13 Then Jehoash king of
Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah,
at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem
from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.
YLT
13And Amaziah king of Judah,
son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, caught hath Jehoash king of Israel in
Beth-Shemesh, and they come in to Jerusalem, and he bursteth through the wall
of Jerusalem, at the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred
cubits,
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh,.... And then they looked
one another in the face indeed, but Amaziah must look very silly:
and came to Jerusalem; the metropolis of Judah,
with his royal prisoner:
and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; in at the
breach of which he went with his chariot, as Josephus saysF5Antiqu.
l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3. , in triumph:
from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits; the gate of
Ephraim was to the north of the city, towards the tribe of Ephraim, from whence
it had its name; and the corner gate was that which joined the northern and
western walls together, or rather the northern and eastern walls; for Rauwolff
saysF6Travels, par. 3. ch. 3. p. 228. by Ray. , there is still the
corner gate in its old place, where the north and east walls meet on large and
high rocks, and is still called by some the gate of Naphtali.
2 Kings 14:14 14 And he took all the gold
and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of the Lord and in the
treasuries of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
YLT
14and hath taken all the gold
and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of Jehovah, and
in the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and
turneth back to Samaria.
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the Lord,.... In 2 Chronicles 25:24
it is added, "with Obededom", who, and his family, had the care of
them by lot, see 1 Chronicles 26:15.
and in the treasures of the king's house; which were
also spoiled and plundered:
and hostages; either such as the king of Judah had taken
from Edom, as pledges of their fidelity, that they might not rebel; or which
the king of Israel took of Judah, even sons of the princes, as the Targum, for
security, that they would give him no more trouble:
and returned to Samaria; without attempting to
bring the kingdom of Judah into subjection to him, which he might suppose he
could not hold, and having enough to do with the Syrians, his avowed enemies.
2 Kings 14:15 15 Now the rest of the acts
of Jehoash which he did—his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of
Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
YLT
15And the rest of the matters
of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,.... His
valiant and mighty acts which he did in his wars with the Syrians, 2 Kings 13:25,
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah; a short
account of which is given in the preceding verses:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? a book very often mentioned and referred to, as containing the
history of the events and transactions of every reign.
2 Kings 14:16 16 So Jehoash rested with his
fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his
son reigned in his place.
YLT
16And Jehoash lieth with his
fathers, and is buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and reign doth
Jeroboam his son in his stead.
And Jehoash slept with his fathers,.... Died as they died:
and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; where they
were:
and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead; which was
Jeroboam the second.
2 Kings 14:17 17 Amaziah the son of Joash,
king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
YLT
17And Amaziah son of Joash
king of Judah liveth after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
fifteen years,
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death
of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. Which, with
the fourteen he reigned contemporary with him, made the twenty nine years he
reigned, 2 Kings 14:2. The
Vulgate Latin version is, "twenty five years".
2 Kings 14:18 18 Now the rest of the acts
of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
YLT
18and the rest of the matters
of Amaziah are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Not in the canonical book
of Chronicles; though there are some things of him recorded there, which are
not here; but in the annals of each reign, written by the king's historian
appointed for that purpose.
2 Kings 14:19 19 And they formed a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent
after him to Lachish and killed him there.
YLT
19And they make a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to
Lachish, and put him to death there,
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem,.... Against
Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men of it; perhaps those
whose sons the king of Israel had carried away as hostages, which they imputed
to the ill conduct of Amaziah, as well as the breaking of the wall of
Jerusalem, and the pillaging of the temple, and the king's palace:
and he fled to Lachish; a fortified city in the
tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:39 but
they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there; in a private manner, as
JosephusF7Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.) relates.
2 Kings 14:20 20 Then they brought him on
horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
YLT
20and lift him up on the
horses, and he is buried in Jerusalem, with his fathers, in the city of David.
And they brought him on horses,.... That is, in a
chariot or hearse drawn by horses; though the JewsF8Hieron. Trad. Heb.
in lib. paralip. fol. 85. L. 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.
2 Kings 14:21 21 And all the people of
Judah took Azariah,[c] who was
sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
YLT
21And 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;
And all the people of Judah took Azariah,.... Called
Uzziah in the next chapter, and so in the book of Chronicles; both names
signifying much the same, the one "the help of the Lord", the other
"the strength of the Lord":
(which was sixteen years old;) yet as he began to reign
in the twenty seventh year of Jeroboam, 2 Kings 15:1 and
Jeroboam began to reign in the fifteenth yaer of Amaziah, 2 Kings 14:23, he
could be but four years of age, for the solution of which; see Gill on 2 Kings 15:1,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah; which was
after his death, and not when he fled to Lachish, as Kimchi thinks.
2 Kings 14:22 22 He built Elath and
restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
YLT
22he hath built Elath, and
bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.
He built Elath,.... A port which belonged to Edom, Deuteronomy 2:8
which very probably David took from them when he made them tributary, and which
they retook when they revolted, and Amaziah got again when he defeated them;
and this his son rebuilt and fortified:
and restored it to Judah; annexed it to the
kingdom of Judah, as in the days of David and Solomon:
after that the king slept with his fathers; after the
death of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings 14:23 23 In the fifteenth year of
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of
Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.
YLT
23In 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,
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 saysF9Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 9.) c. 10. sect.
1. forty, giving only the round number.
2 Kings 14:24 24 And he did evil in the
sight of the Lord;
he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made
Israel sin.
YLT
24and 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.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Was
guilty of idolatry:
he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin; the worship of the calves is especially meant; he was in all
respects of the same cast with his ancestor of the same name, from whom he had
it, in veneration of him.
2 Kings 14:25 25 He restored the territory
of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to
the word of the Lord
God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of
Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.
YLT
25He 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,
He restored the coast of Israel,.... The cities upon it,
which had been taken away from them by their enemies:
from the entering of Hamath; which was the northern
border of the land of Canaan, the entrance into it from Syria, see Numbers 34:8,
unto the sea of the plain: of Jordan, called
sometimes the salt sea and the Dead Sea; the lake Asphaltites, as JosephusF11Ut
supra, (Antiqu. l. 9.) c. 10. sect. 1. , where formerly stood Sodom and
Gomorrah:
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 same with him whose
prophecy among the small prophets bears this name; and though his prophecy
concerning Jeroboam's success and victories is not there, nor anywhere else,
recorded at length, yet needed not to be doubted of; this is the first of the
prophets spoken of whose books are extant:
which was of Gathhepher; a city in the tribe of
Zebulun, Joshua 19:13, which
contradicts a notion of the Jews, that no prophet came out of Galilee, when the
very first of those that were the penmen of the books of prophecies was from
thence, see John 7:52.
2 Kings 14:26 26 For the Lord saw that
the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free,
there was no helper for Israel.
YLT
26for 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;
For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter,.... Being
sorely oppressed by their enemies, especially the Syrians; and he was moved to
have compassion upon them, and show mercy to them: for, there was not any shut
up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel: they were in the most forlorn and
helpless condition; See Gill on Deuteronomy 32:36.
2 Kings 14:27 27 And the Lord did not say
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.
YLT
27and 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.
And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel
from under heaven,.... Had not as yet declared it by any of his prophets, that he
would do it, as he afterwards did by Hosea, Hosea 1:4, and was
fulfilled in the reign of Hoshea king of Israel, 2 Kings 17:1.
but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash; the
instrument of their deliverance from the hands of their enemies, and of
recovering their borders as afore time.
2 Kings 14:28 28 Now the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam, and all that he did—his might, how he made war, and how he
recaptured for Israel, from Damascus and Hamath, what had belonged to
Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
YLT
28And 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?
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his
might, how he warred,.... His valiant acts and warlike exploits:
and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath, which belonged to Judah,
for Israel; which cities, in the times of David and Solomon, were tributary
to Judah, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Syrians, from whom Jeroboam
recovered them, and annexed them to the kingdom of Israel; or, as Kimchi,
though Jeroboam was king of Israel, yet, having taken them, he restored them to
the king of Judah, to whom they belonged:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? where all events of any moment were registered.
2 Kings 14:29 29 So Jeroboam rested with
his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
YLT
29And Jeroboam lieth with his
fathers, with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Zechariah his son in his
stead.
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel,.... Died, and
was buried with them:
and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead: who was of
the fourth generation from Jehu, as was promised to him, 2 Kings 10:30.
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