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.
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And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)Here are three kings brought to their graves in these few verses:—1. Joash king of Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:15 , 16 . We attended his funeral once before, 2 Kgs. 13:12 , 13 . But, because the historian had occasion to give a further account of his life and actions, he again mentions his death and burial. 2. Amaziah king of Judah. Fifteen years he survived his conqueror the king of Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:17. A…
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