2 Kings 14:19

19 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.

2 Kings 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:19

Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem
Against Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men of it; perhaps those whose sons the king of Israel had carried away as hostages, which they imputed to the ill conduct of Amaziah, as well as the breaking of the wall of Jerusalem, and the pillaging of the temple, and the king's palace:

and he fled to Lachish;
a fortified city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:39 ) but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there; in a private manner, as Josephus ^F7 relates.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.)

2 Kings 14:19 In-Context

17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

18 Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?

19 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.

20 They brought him on horses; he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah.