2 Kings 14:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְחִ֨י אֲמַצְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה אַֽחֲרֵ֣י מ֔וֹת יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בֶּן־יְהֽוֹאָחָ֖ז מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

Wa-yəḥî ʾămaṣyāhû ben-yôʾāsh melek yəhûdāh ʾaḥărê môth yəhôʾāsh ben-yəhôʾāḥāz melek yiśrāʾēl ḥămēsh ʿeśrēh shānāh

Grammar Details

*wa*: consecutive prefix - and
*yəḥî*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - he lived
*ʾămaṣyāhû*: proper noun - Amaziah
*ben*: construct masculine singular - son of
*yôʾāsh*: proper noun - Joash
*melek*: construct masculine singular - king of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
*môth*: construct masculine singular - death of
*yəhôʾāsh*: proper noun - Jehoash
*yəhôʾāḥāz*: proper noun - Jehoahaz
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ḥămēsh*: cardinal number, feminine - five
*ʿeśrēh*: cardinal number, feminine - ten
*shānāh*: feminine singular - year

Word Meanings

*yəḥî*: lived/survived/remained alive
*ʾaḥărê môth*: after the death of/following the death of

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 25:25-28 : 25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
2 Kgs 13:10 : 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
2 Kgs 14:1-2 : 1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 14:23 : 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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2 Chr 25:25-27
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25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
2 Kgs 14:1-2
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1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
2He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and 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?
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2 Kgs 14:18-19
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18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
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2 Kgs 14:21-23
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2 Chr 25:1
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2 Kgs 12:21
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