2 Kings 14:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

They brought him on horses. — Rather, they carried him upon the horses — i.e., perhaps in the royal chariot wherein he had fled from Jerusalem. Or, perhaps, the corpse was literally carried on horseback by the regicides.

The orderly method of proceeding, the burial of the king in the royal sepulchres, and the elevation of Azariah, seem to prove that the murder of Amaziah was not an act of private blood-revenge.

2 Kings 14:20

20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.