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 on Deuteronomy 31:16.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 14:22
2 Kings 14:22
22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.