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2 Kings — Capítulo 14

Amaziah begins to reign well; his victory over the Edomites, Kg2 14:1-7. He challenges Jehoash, king of Israel, Kg2 14:8. Jehoash's parable of the thistle and the cedar, Kg2 14:9, Kg2 14:10. The two armies meet at Bet…

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1En el año segundo de Joás hijo de Joacaz rey de Israel, comenzó a reinar Amasías hijo de Joás rey de Judá.

2Cuando comenzó a reinar era de veinticinco años, y veintinueve años reinó en Jerusalén; el nombre de su madre fue Joadán, de Jerusalén.

3Y él hizo lo recto ante los ojos de Jehová, aunque no como David su padre; hizo conforme a todas las cosas que había hecho Joás su padre.

4Con todo eso, los lugares altos no fueron quitados, porque el pueblo aún sacrificaba y quemaba incienso en esos lugares altos.

5Y cuando hubo afirmado en sus manos el reino, mató a los siervos que habían dado muerte al rey su padre.

6Pero no mató a los hijos de los que le dieron muerte, conforme a lo que está escrito en el libro de la ley de Moisés, donde Jehová mandó diciendo: No matarán a los padres por los hijos, ni a los hijos por los padres, sino que cada uno morirá por su propio pecado.

7Este mató asimismo a diez mil edomitas en el Valle de la Sal, y tomó a Sela en batalla, y la llamó Jocteel, hasta hoy.

8Entonces Amasías envió mensajeros a Joás hijo de Joacaz, hijo de Jehú, rey de Israel, diciendo: Ven, para que nos veamos las caras.

9Y Joás rey de Israel envió a Amasías rey de Judá esta respuesta: El cardo que está en el Líbano envió a decir al cedro que está en el Líbano: Da tu hija por mujer a mi hijo. Y pasaron las fieras que están en el Líbano, y hollaron el cardo.

10Ciertamente has derrotado a Edom, y tu corazón se ha envanecido; gloríate pues, mas quédate en tu casa. ¿Para qué te metes en un mal, para que caigas tú y Judá contigo?

11Pero Amasías no escuchó; por lo cual subió Joás rey de Israel, y se vieron las caras él y Amasías rey de Judá, en Bet-semes, que es de Judá.

12Y Judá cayó delante de Israel, y huyeron, cada uno a su tienda.

13Además Joás rey de Israel tomó a Amasías rey de Judá, hijo de Joás hijo de Ocozías, en Bet-semes; y vino a Jerusalén, y rompió el muro de Jerusalén desde la puerta de Efraín hasta la puerta de la esquina, cuatrocientos codos.

14Y tomó todo el oro, y la plata, y todos los utensilios que fueron hallados en la casa de Jehová, y en los tesoros de la casa del rey, y a los hijos tomó en rehenes, y volvió a Samaria.

15Los demás hechos que ejecutó Joás, y sus hazañas, y cómo peleó contra Amasías rey de Judá, ¿no está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Israel?

16Y durmió Joás con sus padres, y fue sepultado en Samaria con los reyes de Israel; y reinó en su lugar Jeroboam su hijo.

17Y Amasías hijo de Joás, rey de Judá, vivió después de la muerte de Joás hijo de Joacaz, rey de Israel, quince años.

18Los demás hechos de Amasías, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?

19Conspiraron contra él en Jerusalén, y él huyó a Laquis; pero le persiguieron hasta Laquis, y allá lo mataron.

20Lo trajeron luego sobre caballos, y lo sepultaron en Jerusalén con sus padres, en la ciudad de David.

21Entonces todo el pueblo de Judá tomó a Azarías, que era de dieciséis años, y lo hicieron rey en lugar de Amasías su padre.

22Reedificó él a Elat, y la restituyó a Judá, después que el rey durmió con sus padres.

23El año quince de Amasías hijo de Joás rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Jeroboam hijo de Joás sobre Israel en Samaria; y reinó cuarenta y un años.

24E hizo lo malo ante los ojos de Jehová, y no se apartó de todos los pecados de Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, el que hizo pecar a Israel.

25Él restauró los límites de Israel desde la entrada de Hamat hasta el mar del Arabá, conforme a la palabra de Jehová Dios de Israel, la cual él había hablado por su siervo Jonás hijo de Amitai, profeta que fue de Gat-hefer.

26Porque Jehová miró la muy amarga aflicción de Israel; que no había siervo ni libre, ni quien diese ayuda a Israel;

27y Jehová no había determinado raer el nombre de Israel de debajo del cielo; por tanto, los salvó por mano de Jeroboam hijo de Joás.

28Los demás hechos de Jeroboam, y todo lo que hizo, y su valentía, y todas las guerras que hizo, y cómo restituyó al dominio de Israel a Damasco y Hamat, que habían pertenecido a Judá, ¿no está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Israel?

29Y durmió Jeroboam con sus padres, los reyes de Israel, y reinó en su lugar Zacarías su hijo.

ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY

Versículo 1

I. In the second year of Joash - This second year should be understood as referring to the time when…

In the second year of Joash - This second year should be understood as referring to the time when his father Jehoahaz associated him with himself in the kingdom: for he reigned two years with his father; so this second year of Joash is the first of his absolute and independent government. - See Calmet.

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II. As soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand - No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehoza…

As soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand - No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable power and influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to account, and put them to death.

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III. But the children of the murderers he slew not - Here he showed his conscientious regard for the l…

But the children of the murderers he slew not - Here he showed his conscientious regard for the law of Moses; for God had positively said, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin, Deu 24:16.

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IV. He slew of Edom to the valley of salt - This war is more circumstantially related in Ch2 25:5, et…

He slew of Edom to the valley of salt - This war is more circumstantially related in Ch2 25:5, etc. The Idumeans had arisen in the reign of Joram king of Judah, and shaken off the yoke of the house of David. Amaziah determined to reduce them to obedience; he therefore levied an army of three hundred thousand men in his own kingdom, and hired a hundred thousand Israelites, at the price of one hundred talents. When he was about to depart at the head of this numerous army, a prophet came to him and ordered him to dismiss the Israelitish army, for God was not with them: and on the king of Judah expressing regret for the loss of his hundred talents, he was answered, that the Lord could give him much more than that. He obeyed, sent back the Israelites, and at the head of his own men attacked the Edomites in the valley of salt, slew ten thousand on the spot, and took ten thousand prisoners, all of whom he precipitated from the rock, or Selah, which was afterwards called Joktheel, a place or city supposed to be the same with Petra, which gave name to Arabia Petraea, where there must have been a great precipice, from which the place took its name of Selah or Petra.

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V. Come, let us look one another in the face - This was a real declaration of war; and the ground of…

Come, let us look one another in the face - This was a real declaration of war; and the ground of it is most evident from this circumstance: that the one hundred thousand men of Israel that had been dismissed, though they had the stipulated money, taking the advantage of Amaziah's absence, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and smote three thousand men, and took much spoil, Ch2 25:10-13. Amaziah no doubt remonstrated with Jehoash, but to no purpose; and therefore he declared war against him.

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VI. Jehoash - sent to Amaziah - saying - The meaning of this parable is plain. The thistle that was i…

Jehoash - sent to Amaziah - saying - The meaning of this parable is plain. The thistle that was in Lebanon - Amaziah, king of Judah, sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon - Jehoash, king of Israel, saying, Give thy daughter - a part of thy kingdom, to my son to wife - to be united to, and possessed by the kings of Judah. And there passed by a wild beast - Jehoash and his enraged army, and trode down the thistle - utterly discomfited Amaziah and his troops, pillaged the temple, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem: see Kg2 14:12-14. Probably Amaziah had required certain cities of Israel to be given up to Judah; if so, this accounts for that part of the parable, Give thy daughter to my son to wife.

Versículo 10

VII. Glory of this, and tarry at home - There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance …

Glory of this, and tarry at home - There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash: but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. The ravages committed by the army of Jehoash were totally unprovoked, and they were base and cowardly; they fell upon women, old men, and children, and butchered them in cold blood, for all the effective men were gone off with their king against the Edomites. The quarrel of Amaziah was certainly just, yet he was put to the rout; he did meddle to his hurt; he fell, and Judah fell with him, as Jehoash had said: but why was this? Why it came of God; for he had brought the gods of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burnt incense to them; therefore God delivered them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom, Ch2 25:14, Ch2 25:20. This was the reason why the Israelites triumphed.

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VIII. Took Amaziah king of Judah - It is plain that Amaziah afterwards had his liberty; but how or on w…

Took Amaziah king of Judah - It is plain that Amaziah afterwards had his liberty; but how or on what terms he got it, is not known. See on Kg2 14:14 (note).

Versículo 14

IX. And he took - hostages - התערבות hattaaruboth, pledges; from ערב arab, to pledge, give security, …

And he took - hostages - התערבות hattaaruboth, pledges; from ערב arab, to pledge, give security, etc., for the performance of some promise. See the meaning of this word interpreted in the note on Gen 38:17 (note). It is likely that Amaziah gave some of the nobles or some of his own family as hostages, that he might regain his liberty; and they were to get their liberty when he had fulfilled his engagements; but of what kind these were we cannot tell, nor, indeed, how he got his liberty.

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X. How he fought with Amaziah - The only fighting between them was the battle already mentioned; and…

How he fought with Amaziah - The only fighting between them was the battle already mentioned; and this is minutely related in Ch2 25:21-24.

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XI. They made a conspiracy against him - His defeat by Jehoash, and the consequent pillaging of the t…

They made a conspiracy against him - His defeat by Jehoash, and the consequent pillaging of the temple, and emptying the royal exchequer, and the dismantling of Jerusalem, had made him exceedingly unpopular; so that probably the whole of the last fifteen years of his life were a series of troubles and distresses.

Versículo 21

XII. Took Azariah - He is also called Uzziah, Ch2 26:1. The former signifies, The help of the Lord; th…

Took Azariah - He is also called Uzziah, Ch2 26:1. The former signifies, The help of the Lord; the latter, The strength of the Lord.

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XIII. He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of th…

He built Elath - This city belonged to the Edomites; and was situated on the eastern branch of the Red Sea, thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It had probably suffered much in the late war; and was now rebuilt by Uzziah, and brought entirely under the dominion of Judah.

Versículo 25

XIV. He restored the coast of Israel - From the description that is here given, it appears that Jerobo…

He restored the coast of Israel - From the description that is here given, it appears that Jeroboam reconquered all the territory that had been taken from the kings of Israel; so that Jeroboam the second left the kingdom as ample as it was when the ten tribes separated under Jeroboam the first.

Versículo 26

XV. The Lord saw the affliction of Israel - It appears that about this time Israel had been greatly r…

The Lord saw the affliction of Israel - It appears that about this time Israel had been greatly reduced; and great calamities had fallen upon all indiscriminately; even the diseased and captives in the dungeon had the hand of God heavy upon them, and there was no helper; and then God sent Jonah to encourage them, and to assure them of better days. He was the first of the prophets, after Samuel, whose writings are preserved; yet the prophecy delivered on this occasion is not extant; for what is now in the prophecies of Jonah, relates wholly to Nineveh.

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16. How he warred, and - recovered Damascus - We learn from Ch1 18:3-11, that David had conquered all…

How he warred, and - recovered Damascus - We learn from Ch1 18:3-11, that David had conquered all Syria, and put garrisons in Damascus and other places, and laid all the Syrians under tribute; but this yoke they had not only shaken off, but they had conquered a considerable portion of the Israelitish territory, and added it to Syria. These latter Jeroboam now recovered; and thus the places which anciently belonged to Judah by David's conquests, and were repossessed by Syria, he now conquered, and added to Israel.

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17. Jeroboam slept with his fathers - He died a natural death; and was regularly succeeded by his son…

Jeroboam slept with his fathers - He died a natural death; and was regularly succeeded by his son Zachariah, who, reigning badly, was, after six months, slain by Shallum, who succeeded him, and reigned but one month, being slain by Menahem, who succeeded him, and reigned ten years over Israel. Amos the prophet lived in the reign of Jeroboam; and was accused by Amaziah, one of the idolatrous priests of Beth-el, of having predicted the death of Jeroboam by the sword, but this was a slander: what he did predict, and which came afterwards to pass, may be seen Amo 7:10-17. The interregnum referred to in the margin cannot be accounted for in a satisfactory manner.

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