2 Kings 14:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְח֞וּ כָּל־עַ֤ם יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת־עֲזַרְיָ֔ה וְה֕וּא בֶּן־שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ אֹת֔וֹ תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

Wa-yiqḥû kol-ʿam yəhûdāh ʾeth-ʿăzaryāh wə-hûʾ ben-shēsh ʿeśrēh shānāh wa-yamlikû ʾōthô taḥath ʾābîw ʾămaṣyāhû

Grammar Details

*wa*: consecutive prefix - and
*yiqḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - they took
*kol*: construct - all of
*ʿam*: construct masculine singular - people of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾeth*: direct object marker
*ʿăzaryāh*: proper noun - Azariah
*wə*: conjunction - and
*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
*ben*: construct masculine singular - son of/age of
*shēsh*: cardinal number, feminine - six
*ʿeśrēh*: cardinal number, feminine - ten
*shānāh*: feminine singular - year
*yamlikû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - they made king
*ʾōthô*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - him
*taḥath*: preposition - instead of
*ʾābîw*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father
*ʾămaṣyāhû*: proper noun - Amaziah

Word Meanings

*ʿăzaryāh*: Azariah [also called Uzziah in other texts]
*yamlikû*: they made king/they crowned/they enthroned

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 15:13 : 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
2 Kgs 21:24 : 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
1 Chr 3:12 : 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
Matt 1:8-9 : 8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
2 Chr 26:1 : 1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 26:1-4
4 verses
90%
1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
2 Kgs 15:1-3
3 verses
83%
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.
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
2 Kgs 14:1-2
2 verses
78%
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.
2 Kgs 15:6-8
3 verses
77%
6And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
2 Chr 22:1
76%
1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Kgs 14:22-23
2 verses
76%
22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
23In 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.
2 Kgs 14:16-20
5 verses
76%
16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
20And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Chr 36:1
75%
1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 12:21
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21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 16:1-2
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73%
1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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2 Chr 27:8
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2 Kgs 15:32-34
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73%
32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2 Chr 25:25
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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.
2 Kgs 11:21
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21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
1 Chr 3:12
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2 Kgs 9:29
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29And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
2 Kgs 8:24-25
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24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
1 Kgs 22:51
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51Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
2 Kgs 13:10
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10In 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 Chr 25:1
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2 Kgs 21:24
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2 Chr 28:1
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1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
2 Chr 36:11
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2 Chr 33:25
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2 Chr 24:27
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2 Chr 27:1
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2 Kgs 21:26
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2 Kgs 8:16
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2 Chr 34:1
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2 Chr 25:27
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