2 Kings 14:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. ”

2 Kings 14:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elath, or Eloth (marginal reference 1 Kings 9:26 ), was near Ezion-Geber, in the Gulf of Akabah. It had been lost to the Jews on the revolt of Edom from Joram 2 Kings 8:22 . Uzziah’s re-establish...
2 Kings 14:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He built (k) Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (k) Which is also called Elanon or Eloth.
2 Kings 14:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign of Amaziah, son of Joash, King of Judah. Amaziah was a virtuous king like his father Joash, but not according to the standard of David. This is the judgment of the Deuteronomist, who refe...
2 Kings 14:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

built . rebuilt or fortified. This implies the subjugation of Edom. Elath. On the Red Sea. Compare 1 Kings 9:26 , and, for its eventual loss, 2 Kings 16:6 . slept with his fathers. See note...
2 Kings 14:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thenc...
2 Kings 14:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. He built Elath - fortified that seaport. It had revolted with the rest of Edom, but was now recovered by...
2 Kings 14:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reigns of Amaziah of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel 1. In the second year of Joash.. king of Israel] Joash of Judah reigned 40 years, and as his thirty-seventh year corresponded to the first year of...
2 Kings 14:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He built Elath. — The pronoun is emphatic; he, in contrast with his father. “Built,” either rebuilt or fortified. The verse is in close connection with the preceding narrative. Amaziah perhap...
2 Kings 14:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AMAZIAH OF JUDAH B.C. 796-783 (?) 2 Kings 14:1-22 "All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Matthew 26:52 THE fate of Amaziah ("Jehovah is strong"), son of Joash of Judah...
2 Kings 14:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Outward Prosperity without Inward Renewal 2 Kings 14:15-29 Azariah is elsewhere called Uzziah. See 2 Chronicles 26:1-23 ; Isaiah 6:1 , etc . The two names mean respectively, “whom Jehovah as...
2 Kings 14:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning back to Judah, we find Amaziah on the throne. "He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet...." The constantly repeated story of limitation in loyalty is told again. Success att...
2 Kings 14:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The twenty five years of Amaziah's reign may be brought into a narrow compass. His history, as is here related, consisted chiefly in restoring order in the temple service, by which it is said he did...
2 Kings 14:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
2 Kings 14:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. Ver. 22. He built Elath. ] A place of great importance, as being a port town, say some, near the Red Sea.
2 Kings 14:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He built Elath Repaired and fortified it; for it was built before, Deuteronomy 2:8 . And restored it to Judah From whom it had revolted with the rest of Edom, in which land it lay, upon the Red...
2 Kings 14:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AMAZIAH RULING IN JUDAH (vv.1-20) Joash had only reigned briefly in Israel before Amaziah the son of the other Joash (or Jehoash) became king in Judah. He was 25 when crowned king and reigned 29...
2 Kings 14:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Reign of Jeroboam, King of Israel. B. C. 825. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash whi...
2 Kings 14:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He built Elath, i.e. repaired and fortified it; for it was built before, Deuteronomy 2:8 . Restored it to Judah; from whom it had revolted with the rest of Edom, in which land this place was u...
2 Kings 14:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Amaziah, King Of Judah c. 796-767 BC ( 2 Kings 14:1-22 ). As with many kings of Judah Amaziah's reign was seen as ‘right in the eyes of YHWH', although with a decided ‘but'. The ‘but'...
2 Kings 14:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

AMAZIAH IN JUDAH AND JEROBOAM II. IN ISRAEL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 14:1 . Amaziah, king of Judah —Historian returns to the records concerning Judah . 2 Kings 14:3 . Yet n...
2 Kings 14:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 14:2 . His mother's name was Jehoaddan. The mothers of the kings of Judah are mostly mentioned by name, but those of the kings of Israel are seldom named so expressly; for the kings of Isr...
2 Kings 14:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 14:1-12 REIGNS OF AMAZIAH , SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH , OVER JUDAH , AND OF JEROBOAM , SON OF JOASH KING OF ISRAEL , OVER ISRAEL ....
2 Kings 14:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amaziah King in Judah
2 Kings 14:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:26 ; 2 Chronicles 26:2 ; 2 Kings 16:6 ; Deuteronomy 2:8

2 Kings 14:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 14:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 14:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 14:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 14:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 14:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 14:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 14:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 14:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 14:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 14:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 14:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 14:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge