Amaziah’s epitaph opens his story: 'And he did that which was right in the eyes of Hashem, but not with a whole heart.' He hires a hundred thousand Israelite mercenaries and, told to send them home, asks the book’s most human question — 'But what shall we do for the hundred talents?' 'Hashem is able to give you much more than this.' He smites Seir, then carries home Seir’s gods and worships them; mocks the prophet; challenges Joash of Israel and is answered with the parable of the thistle and the cedar; loses, and Jerusalem’s wall is breached four hundred cubits.
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Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
verse value 5232
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 66 letters. The shortest word is "year" (שָׁנָה֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "from·Jerusalem" (מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 355: year, year. 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "Jehoaddan" (יְהוֹעַדָּ֖ן), "from·Jerusalem" (מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם). The root שנה appears 2 times in this verse. 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "he·reigned" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "son·of·twenty" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "in·Jerusalem" (root ירושלם, 127x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·Jerusalem', dividing the verse into phrases of 10 and 4 words. Full calculation: בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים [son·of·twenty] (672) + וְחָמֵ֤שׁ [and·five] (354) + שָׁנָה֙ [year] (355) + מָלַ֣ךְ [he·reigned] (90) + אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ [Amaziah] (152) + וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים [and·twenty] (626) + וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ [and·nine] (776) + שָׁנָ֔ה [year] (355) + מָלַ֖ךְ [he·reigned] (90) + בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם [in·Jerusalem] (588) + וְשֵׁ֣ם [and·name·of] (346) + אִמּ֔וֹ [his·mother] (47) + יְהוֹעַדָּ֖ן [Jehoaddan] (145) + מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם [from·Jerusalem] (636) = 5232.
Malbim
Amaziah was twenty-five years old - Until verse 4, the text is copied from Kings (II Kings 14:2-6); see the commentary there.
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Hashem, but not with a whole heart.
verse value 1806
Insights
Verse structure: 8 words, 28 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֑ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. Verse gematria: 1806 is divisible by 86, the value of Elohim. The shortest word is "only" (רַ֕ק, 2 letters) and the longest is "in·eyes·of" (בְּעֵינֵ֣י, 5 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "in·heart" (בְּלֵבָ֥ב). 8 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 384x in II Chronicles); "and·he·did" (root עשה, 159x in II Chronicles); "not" (root לא, 86x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Hashem', dividing the verse into phrases of 4 and 4 words. Full calculation: וַיַּ֥עַשׂ [and·he·did] (386) + הַיָּשָׁ֖ר [the·right] (515) + בְּעֵינֵ֣י [in·eyes·of] (142) + יְהֹוָ֑ה [Hashem] (26) + רַ֕ק [only] (300) + לֹ֖א [not] (31) + בְּלֵבָ֥ב [in·heart] (36) + שָׁלֵֽם [whole] (370) = 1806.
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants who had killed the king his father.
verse value 2275
Insights
Verse structure: 10 words, 49 letters. Verse gematria: 2275 is divisible by 13, the value of echad ('one') and ahavah ('love'). The shortest word is "and·it·came·to·pass" (וַיְהִ֕י, 4 letters) and the longest is "his·servants" (אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו, 7 letters). 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "it·was·established" (חָזְקָ֥ה), "his·servants" (אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו). 10 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "the·king" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "as·that" (root אשר, 203x in II Chronicles); "and·it·came·to·pass" (root היה, 133x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'over·him', dividing the verse into phrases of 5 and 5 words. Full calculation: וַיְהִ֕י [and·it·came·to·pass] (31) + כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר [as·that] (521) + חָזְקָ֥ה [it·was·established] (120) + הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה [the·kingdom] (140) + עָלָ֑יו [over·him] (116) + וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ [and·he·killed] (224) + אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו [his·servants] (493) + הַמַּכִּ֖ים [the·ones·smiting] (115) + אֶת־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ [the·king] (496) + אָבִֽיו [his·father] (19) = 2275.
But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Hashem commanded, saying: ‘The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.’
verse value 6720
Insights
Verse structure: 21 words, 97 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֜ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "not" (לֹ֣א, 2 letters) and the longest is "and·their·sons" (וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 493: not·they·shall·die, not·they·shall·die. 9 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·their·sons" (וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם), "he·put·to·death" (הֵמִ֑ית), "in·the·law" (בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה). The root מות appears 4 times in this verse. 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 384x in II Chronicles); "and·their·sons" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "saying" (root אמר, 184x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'he·put·to·death', dividing the verse into phrases of 3 and 18 words.
Metzudat David
'According to that which is written' — for he acted as is written in the Torah; and for further clarification it says 'in the book of Moses.' 'For the children' — because of the sin of the children. 'Every man shall die for his own sin' — meaning, all who die, each dies for his own sin, and not for the sin of another.
Cross-references: Deuteronomy 24:16; II Kings 14:6
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
verse value 7488
Insights
Verse structure: 25 words, 127 letters. Verse gematria: 7488 is divisible by 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "year" (שָׁנָה֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "to·house·of·fathers" (לְבֵית־אָב֗וֹת, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 151: and·upward, and·shield. 9 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·to·captains·of" (וּלְשָׂרֵ֣י), "to·all·Judah" (לְכׇל־יְהוּדָ֖ה), "and·he·numbered·them" (וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם). The root יהודה appears 2 times in this verse. 22 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "from·son·of" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "to·house·of·fathers" (root בית, 191x in II Chronicles); "Judah" (root יהודה, 129x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'and·Benjamin', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 14 words.
Ralbag
'Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses,' etc. - This account was already related in the Book of Kings in a far more abbreviated form. 'and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war' - This points out how remarkably their numbers had diminished from the days of Jehoshaphat until that day.
Metzudat David
'According to their fathers' houses,' etc. — each ancestral house by itself, and each captain of a thousand and captain of a hundred with his own men by themselves.
Malbim
and found them - Note that in the days of Jehoshaphat there was four times this number, and even in the days of Asa there was double this number; that is why he also hired a hundred thousand men from Israel.
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
verse value 1981
Insights
Verse structure: 8 words, 34 letters. The shortest word is "hundred" (מֵ֥אָה, 3 letters) and the longest is "from·Israel" (מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל, 6 letters). Words sharing gematria 48: valor, in·hundred. 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·he·hired" (וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר), "in·hundred" (בְּמֵאָ֥ה). The root מאה appears 2 times in this verse. 7 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "from·Israel" (root ישראל, 140x in II Chronicles); "thousand" (root אלף, 62x in II Chronicles); "hundred" (root מאה, 57x in II Chronicles). Full calculation: וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר [and·he·hired] (536) + מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל [from·Israel] (581) + מֵ֥אָה [hundred] (46) + אֶ֛לֶף [thousand] (111) + גִּבּ֥וֹר [mighty·of] (211) + חָ֖יִל [valor] (48) + בְּמֵאָ֥ה [in·hundred] (48) + כִכַּר־כָּֽסֶף [talent·of·silver] (400) = 1981.
But there came a man of God to him, saying: ‘O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for Hashem is not with Israel, even with all the children of Ephraim.
verse value 2849
Insights
Verse structure: 17 words, 67 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָה֙) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "he·came" (בָּ֤א, 2 letters) and the longest is "with·Israel" (עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 50: do·not·come, all. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "do·not·come" (אַל־יָב֥וֹא). The root בוא appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 384x in II Chronicles); "the·king" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "sons·of" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Israel', dividing the verse into phrases of 10 and 7 words.
Rashi
for God is not with Israel, all the sons of Ephraim because Jeroboam was of the tribe of Ephraim, and he was the first to cause Israel to sin. And in every generation thereafter he remained a stumbling block for them, for they worshipped the golden calves of Jeroboam.
Metzudat David
'All the children of Ephraim' — the kingdom of the ten tribes is called by the name of Ephraim, because Jeroboam, the first king who reigned over them, was of the descendants of Ephraim.
Malbim
for Hashem is not with Israel - Meaning: even if you rely on salvation from Hashem, know that Hashem is not with the children of Ephraim - and it has already been proclaimed in war that a man who fears because of the transgressions in his hand should go and return home. And if you say that you are not relying on success through Hashem but only on strength and might in the natural way, and that is why you need a large force - to this I say to you:
But if you will go, and do engage never so valiantly in battle, God will cast you down before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to cast down.’
verse value 2963
Insights
Verse structure: 15 words, 65 letters. The shortest word is "but" (כִּ֚י, 2 letters) and the longest is "and·to·cast·down" (וּלְהַכְשִֽׁיל, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 30: but, for. 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "if·go" (אִם־בֹּ֣א), "be·strong" (חֲזַ֣ק), "he·will·cause·you·to·stumble" (יַכְשִֽׁילְךָ֤). The root כי appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "God" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles); "if·go" (root בוא, 159x in II Chronicles); "do" (root עשה, 159x in II Chronicles). First appearance of the root כשל ("he·will·cause·you·to·stumble") in II Chronicles. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'for·the·battle', dividing the verse into phrases of 6 and 9 words.
Rashi
But if you come The meaning is: If you do not believe my words, will you not try [to put effort into your military campaign?] Come, do, and strengthen yourself for war. to help or to cause to stumble The meaning is: He has the strength to help you without the army of Ephraim and to cause you to stumble if you take them with you.
Ralbag
'But if you will go' - Rather, you alone shall go. 'and do engage never so valiantly in battle' - Now 'do' [aseh] is an infinitive form, and so too 'valiantly' [chazak]; and the meaning is: if you do this - strengthening yourself for battle by hiring a hundred thousand men from Israel - Hashem, may He be blessed, will make you stumble before the enemy, instead of helping you as He might wish; for Hashem, may He be blessed, has the power to help whomever He wishes even if he is weak, and to make stumble whomever He wishes even if he is strong.
Metzudat David
'But if you will go' — go to the battle alone, and not together with them. 'God will cast you down' — meaning, [understand it as though it read] 'lest He cast you down'; from the context you can supply what is missing: that is, if the army of Israel comes with you, God may cast you down before the enemy.
Malbim
But if you will go - Meaning: if you wish to go in your own strength, and do engage never so valiantly in battle - you may use strategies and strengthen yourself with a large force, but it will not help or avail, for God will make you stumble before the enemy. For Israel's success does not come about in the natural way but only through Hashem, who either helps those who trust in Him or makes those who rely on the arm of flesh stumble, for God has power to help, and to cast down - and so on.
And Amaziah said to the man of God: ‘But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?’ And the man of God answered: ‘Hashem is able to give you much more than this.’
verse value 6532
Insights
Verse structure: 20 words, 87 letters. The shortest word is "there·is" (יֵ֚שׁ, 2 letters) and the longest is "and·what·to·do" (וּמַֽה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת֙, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 257: and·he·said, and·he·said. 3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·what·to·do" (וּמַֽה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת֙), "for·hundred·of" (לִמְאַ֣ת), "the·talent" (הַכִּכָּ֔ר). The root אמר appears 2 times in this verse. 16 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "to·Hashem" (root יהוה, 384x in II Chronicles); "that" (root אשר, 203x in II Chronicles); "God" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Israel', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 9 words.
Metzudat David
'But what shall we do' — meaning, must I then lose the money? Surely they will not give it back to me. 'Hashem is able,' etc. — He will make up your loss from elsewhere.
Malbim
But what shall we do for the hundred talents - For when one hires a laborer and then retracts after the laborer has already gone [to the work], if this is through the employer's own fault he must pay him wages as for an idle laborer (sechar po'el batel), but if it happened through an unavoidable circumstance (ones), he is exempt (Choshen Mishpat 333). And here it was indeed an ones, for it had never occurred to him that the prophet would come and warn him about this; if so, they [the soldiers] would be obligated to return the hundred talents to him. So he [the man of God] answered: Hashem is able to give you much more than this - meaning, let the money remain with them.
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go back home; wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
verse value 3273
Insights
Verse structure: 15 words, 78 letters. The shortest word is "their·anger" (אַפָּ֤ם, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·he·separated·them" (וַיַּבְדִּילֵ֣ם, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 256: to·their·place, to·their·place. 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·he·separated·them" (וַיַּבְדִּילֵ֣ם), "to·the·band" (לְהַגְּדוּד֙), "and·it·was·kindled" (וַיִּ֨חַר). The root מקום appears 2 times in this verse. 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that·came" (root בוא, 159x in II Chronicles); "in·Judah" (root יהודה, 129x in II Chronicles); "and·they·returned" (root שוב, 62x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·their·place', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 7 words.
Metzudat David
'Then Amaziah separated them' — from among the men of Judah. 'Their anger was greatly kindled' — for they took it as an insult.
Malbim
Then Amaziah separated them - to go back to their own place. And they [the Ephraimite troops] assumed that the men of Judah had protested to their king against their marching with them, out of hatred for them, and this is why their anger was kindled against the men of Judah.
And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
verse value 3642
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 54 letters. Notable word values: "and·he·smote" (וַיַּ֥ךְ) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "valley·of" (גֵּ֣יא, 3 letters) and the longest is "sons·of·Seir" (אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־שֵׂעִ֖יר, 9 letters). 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·he·led" (וַיִּנְהַג֙), "valley·of" (גֵּ֣יא), "the·salt" (הַמֶּ֑לַח). 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "his·people" (root עם, 149x in II Chronicles); "thousand" (root אלף, 62x in II Chronicles); "and·he·went" (root הלך, 52x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·salt', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 4 words. Full calculation: וַאֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ [and·Amaziah] (158) + הִתְחַזַּ֔ק [he·strengthened·himself] (520) + וַיִּנְהַג֙ [and·he·led] (74) + אֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ [his·people] (517) + וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ [and·he·went] (66) + גֵּ֣יא [valley·of] (14) + הַמֶּ֑לַח [the·salt] (83) + וַיַּ֥ךְ [and·he·smote] (36) + אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־שֵׂעִ֖יר [sons·of·Seir] (1043) + עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת [ten] (970) + אֲלָפִֽים [thousand] (161) = 3642.
Malbim
And Amaziah took courage - by heeding the word of Hashem. Now our Sages have already said that his throwing the captives down from the top of the rock [later in this chapter] was not done in accordance with the law, and it was on account of this that they [the men of Judah] were punished, in that the bands of Ephraim later struck them down.
And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them to the top of the Rock, and cast them down from the top of the Rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
verse value 3828
Insights
Verse structure: 13 words, 65 letters. The shortest word is "they·took·captive" (שָׁבוּ֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·they·cast·them·down" (וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֥וּם, 8 letters). 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "they·took·captive" (שָׁבוּ֙), "the·rock" (הַסָּ֑לַע), "and·they·cast·them·down" (וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֥וּם). The root ראש appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "sons·of" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "and·they·brought·them" (root בוא, 159x in II Chronicles); "Judah" (root יהודה, 129x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·rock', dividing the verse into phrases of 9 and 4 words. Full calculation: וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת [and·ten] (976) + אֲלָפִ֜ים [thousand] (161) + חַיִּ֗ים [alive] (68) + שָׁבוּ֙ [they·took·captive] (308) + בְּנֵ֣י [sons·of] (62) + יְהוּדָ֔ה [Judah] (30) + וַיְבִיא֖וּם [and·they·brought·them] (75) + לְרֹ֣אשׁ [to·top·of] (531) + הַסָּ֑לַע [the·rock] (165) + וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֥וּם [and·they·cast·them·down] (422) + מֵֽרֹאשׁ־הַסֶּ֖לַע [from·top·of·the·rock] (706) + וְכֻלָּ֥ם [and·all·of·them] (96) + נִבְקָֽעוּ [were·split] (228) = 3828.
Rashi
and they were all split open, etc...after [Amaziah] had come, etc. In Lam. Rabbah it says about him, “whether he is angry or he laughs” (Prov. 29:9).
Metzudat David
'They all were broken in pieces' — their bellies burst open.
Metzudat Zion
Carry away alive (shavu) - An expression of captivity.
But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
verse value 5510
Insights
Verse structure: 21 words, 94 letters. The shortest word is "that" (אֲשֶׁ֨ר, 3 letters) and the longest is "Amaziah" (אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙, 6 letters). 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·they·raided" (וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙), "from·Samaria" (מִשֹּׁמְר֖וֹן), "and·unto·Beth-" (וְעַד־בֵּ֣ית). 21 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·sons·of" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "that" (root אשר, 203x in II Chronicles); "and·unto·Beth-" (root בית, 191x in II Chronicles). First appearance of the root פשט ("and·they·raided") in II Chronicles. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'horon', dividing the verse into phrases of 14 and 7 words.
Rashi
raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-Horon after they returned to their place, as above, “they were very angry with Judah and returned to their place.” For if it were not so, i.e., if they had raided the cities of Judah as soon as they left Amaziah, Scripture would have said, “and they raided the cities of Judah from Beth-Horon to Samaria,” [i.e., going from Judah to Samaria].
Metzudat Zion
Fell upon (vayifshetu) - An expression of spreading out and scattering, in the manner of those who wage war and plunder.
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and prostrated himself before them, and offered to them.
verse value 4174
Insights
Verse structure: 17 words, 83 letters. Notable word values: "to·him" (ל֖וֹ) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "to·him" (ל֖וֹ, 2 letters) and the longest is "Edomites" (אֶת־אֲדוֹמִ֔ים, 8 letters). 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "from·the·smiting" (מֵהַכּ֣וֹת), "Edomites" (אֶת־אֲדוֹמִ֔ים), "and·before·them" (וְלִפְנֵיהֶ֥ם). The root בוא appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "sons·of" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "the·gods·of" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles); "coming·of" (root בוא, 159x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'as·gods', dividing the verse into phrases of 13 and 4 words.
Wherefore the anger of Hashem was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent to him a prophet, who said to him: ‘Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?’
verse value 4081
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 72 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֖ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "to·him" (ל֗וֹ, 2 letters) and the longest is "in·Amaziah" (בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ, 7 letters). 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·was·kindled·anger·of" (וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף), "in·Amaziah" (בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ), "you·have·sought" (דָרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙). The root עם appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 384x in II Chronicles); "that" (root אשר, 203x in II Chronicles); "the·gods·of" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·Amaziah', dividing the verse into phrases of 3 and 13 words.
Metzudat David
'Which have not delivered' — from which it is evident that they are not gods at all.
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him: ‘Have we made you of the king’s counsel? forbear; why should you be smitten?’ Then the prophet forbore, and said: ‘I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not hearkened to my counsel.’
verse value 6266
Insights
Verse structure: 23 words, 105 letters. Notable word values: "to·him" (לוֹ֙) = 36, double chai. Verse gematria: 6266 is divisible by 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "to·him" (לוֹ֙, 2 letters) and the longest is "to·destroy·you" (לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 810: because·you·have·done, you·have·hearkened. 8 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "in·his·speaking" (בְּדַבְּר֣וֹ), "to·counselor" (הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ), "they·gave·you" (נְתַנּ֔וּךָ). The root אמר appears 2 times in this verse. 20 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "to·the·king" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "God" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles); "and·he·said" (root אמר, 184x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'they·will·smite·you', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 12 words.
Rashi
that God has given counsel to destroy you i.e., If you do not hearken to My advice to follow the straight path, you should know, O king, that the Lord has given counsel to destroy you because you have done this, and have not hearkened to the counsel. Now what is the counsel? That he enticed you to provoke the king of Israel and to fall before him, as it is written: “And Amaziah the king of Judah took counsel, and he sent to Joash, etc.”
Ralbag
'Then the prophet forbore, and said: I know that God has determined to destroy you' - He points out here that once a prophet sees that if he continues to rebuke [the people] they will only add transgression to their sin and rise up to kill him, he is not obligated to repeat that same prophetic message to them again, having already carried out Hashem's mission with it. And we learn from this that certain sins are of a kind that deprive a person of the freedom of choice to repent from them - and this indeed happens only with very grave sins, for Hashem, may He be blessed, wills that the fitting punishment reach the sinners for them.
Metzudat David
'Have we made you of the king's counsel' — who, indeed, appointed you counselor to the king? 'Forbear' — from these words of yours. 'Why should you be smitten' — by one of my men. 'That God has determined' — He determined it of His own accord.
Malbim
Have we made you of the king's counsel? - Since he [the prophet] had not said this to him in the name of Hashem, but only by way of advice, he [the king] grew angry at him. and said - I did not say this of my own mind; rather, I knew through prophecy that God had counseled to destroy you on account of this sin that you committed. That is why I told you, by way of advice, to repent. and have not hearkened to my counsel - to remove Hashem's fierce anger from upon you.
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: ‘Come, let us look one another in the face.’
verse value 3162
Insights
Verse structure: 15 words, 70 letters. The shortest word is "king·of" (מֶ֣לֶךְ, 3 letters) and the longest is "son·of·Jehoahaz" (בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֧ז, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 90: king·of, king·of. 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "to·Joash" (אֶל־יוֹאָ֨שׁ), "son·of·Jehu" (בֶּן־יֵה֛וּא), "come" (לְכָ֖ה). The root מלך appears 2 times in this verse. 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "king·of" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "son·of·Jehoahaz" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "saying" (root אמר, 184x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'saying', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 4 words.
Rashi
Come, let us confront each other to show our might on horses with spears.
Metzudat David
'Let us look one another in the face' — as if to say: there is no bravery in your men having come suddenly and struck at my people; rather, let us look face to face, and we shall know with whom the true courage lies.
Metzudat Zion
Come (lech) - Its meaning is like 'lechah,' with a heh [an invitation: 'come now'].
Malbim
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice - Now he tells how God had counseled to destroy him: He put into his heart the plan to make war with Joash over the killing that the band of Ephraim had carried out among the men of Judah. From here to the end of this chapter is copied from the book of Kings (ch. 25).
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: ‘The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying: Give your daughter to my son to wife; and there passed by the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
verse value 8929
Insights
Verse structure: 24 words, 120 letters. The shortest word is "that" (אֲשֶׁ֣ר, 3 letters) and the longest is "king·of·Israel" (מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 501: that, that, that. 10 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "to·Amaziah" (אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ), "the·thistle" (הַח֜וֹחַ), "to·the·cedar" (אֶל־הָאֶ֜רֶז). The root אשר appears 3 times in this verse. 16 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "king·of·Israel" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "to·my·son" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "that" (root אשר, 203x in II Chronicles). First appearance of the root שדה ("the·field") in II Chronicles. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·wife', dividing the verse into phrases of 17 and 7 words.
Rashi
The thistle that was in Lebanon which is of short stature. sent to the cedar which is the greatest prince of all the trees. passed by and trampled the thistle The cedar did not wish to kill it because it was degrading in his eyes to cut down the thistle, but a beast of the field passed by and trampled it in contempt, for how did he dare to send such a great insult to the lofty cedar? You too are like the thistle, for you have only two tribes, and now my servants will rise up against you and trample you when they hear of this disgrace.
Metzudat David
'The thistle' — he likened Amaziah to a thistle and himself to a cedar, as if to say: even had you spoken of peace, it would be beneath me to ally myself with you, how much more so to go down to war with you. 'And trod down' — because [Amaziah's] heart had emboldened him to speak such things, [Joash] was hinting to him that his own men would trample him.
Metzudat Zion
The thistle (hachoach) - A kind of thorn, as in 'a lily among thorns' (Song of Songs 2). And trod down (vatirmos) - An expression of trampling with the foot.
You say—lo, you have smitten Edom; will your heart therefore lift you up to glory in it? abide now at home; why should you meddle with evil, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’
verse value 5802
Insights
Verse structure: 17 words, 71 letters. Notable word values: "and·Judah" (וִיהוּדָ֥ה) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "behold" (הִנֵּ֤ה, 3 letters) and the longest is "Edom" (אֶת־אֱד֔וֹם, 6 letters). 9 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "you·have·smitten" (הִכִּ֙יתָ֙), "and·he·lifted·you" (וּנְשָׂאֲךָ֥), "your·heart" (לִבְּךָ֖). 17 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "in·your·house" (root בית, 191x in II Chronicles); "you·said" (root אמר, 184x in II Chronicles); "with·you" (root עם, 149x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·glory', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 10 words.
Rashi
and your heart has made you haughty to pursue glory, and you wish to be glorified also on my account. In II Kings (14:10), the reading is: “Retain your honor by staying home.”
Ralbag
'will your heart therefore lift you up to glory in it? abide now at home' - Meaning, to gain honor for yourself on account of the success that came to you in the war.
Metzudat David
'You say, lo, you have smitten Edom,' etc. — and you count this an act of valor, and therefore your heart has grown proud, and you wish to add to your glory by fighting with me. 'Now' — since you have gained some honor through your victory over Edom, stay home and keep your honor. 'Why should you meddle with evil' — why should you provoke me, bringing evil upon yourself, so that you and Judah with you should fall?
Metzudat Zion
And your heart has lifted you up (v'nesa'acha libecha) - An expression of self-exaltation and pride. Meddle (titgareh) - An expression of provocation and strife, as in 'do not contend with them' (Deuteronomy 2:5).
Malbim
will your heart therefore lift you up to glory in it - There [in the parallel account in Kings] it reads, 'your heart has lifted you up to be honored; stay home.' And Ezra explains that the meaning is: you want honor, and that is why your heart lifted you up to go to war - in order to gain glory, so that the honor of the house of Judah would grow greater. In light of this, my advice to you is: stay home, and let your rest itself be your honor.
But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that He might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
verse value 2860
Insights
Verse structure: 13 words, 50 letters. Verse gematria: 2860 is divisible by 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "for" (כִּ֤י, 2 letters) and the longest is "from·God" (מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 30: for, because. 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "from·God" (מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙), "she·shall·give·them" (תִּתָּ֣ם). The root כי appears 2 times in this verse. 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "from·God" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles); "for" (root כי, 131x in II Chronicles); "she·shall·give·them" (root נתן, 116x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·hand', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 5 words.
Rashi
because this was from God in order to deliver them into their hands i.e., into their hands, as above (verse 16): “I know that God has given counsel to destroy you.”
Metzudat David
'That He might deliver them' — Amaziah and his people, into the hand of the king of Israel.
Malbim
But Amaziah would not hear - So it is also there [in Kings]; and Ezra explains that this was from God, so as to punish him for seeking out the gods of Edom.
So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
verse value 3772
Insights
Verse structure: 12 words, 60 letters. The shortest word is "he" (ה֖וּא, 3 letters) and the longest is "king·of·Israel" (מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙, 8 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·they·looked·at·one·another" (וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ). The root מלך appears 2 times in this verse. 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "king·of·Israel" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "that" (root אשר, 203x in II Chronicles); "in·Beth-" (root בית, 191x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'king·of·Judah', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 4 words. Full calculation: וַיַּ֨עַל [and·he·went·up] (116) + יוֹאָ֤שׁ [Joash] (317) + מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ [king·of·Israel] (631) + וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ [and·they·looked·at·one·another] (623) + פָנִ֔ים [face] (180) + ה֖וּא [he] (12) + וַאֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ [and·Amaziah] (158) + מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה [king·of·Judah] (120) + בְּבֵ֥ית [in·Beth-] (414) + שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ [shemesh] (640) + אֲשֶׁ֥ר [that] (501) + לִיהוּדָֽה [to·Judah] (60) = 3772.
Rashi
in Beth-Shemesh the war took place. It was necessary to say this lest you ask why they brought Amaziah to Jerusalem and not to Samaria when they seized him. [The answer is] that Beth-Shemesh was near Jerusalem.
Metzudat David
'And looked one another in the face' — meaning, they fought face to face.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
verse value 1415
Insights
Verse structure: 7 words, 33 letters. The shortest word is "man" (אִ֥ישׁ, 3 letters) and the longest is "to·his·tents" (לְאֹהָלָֽיו, 6 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·he·was·smitten" (וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף). 7 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Israel" (root ישראל, 140x in II Chronicles); "Judah" (root יהודה, 129x in II Chronicles); "before" (root פנים, 116x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Israel', dividing the verse into phrases of 4 and 3 words. Full calculation: וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף [and·he·was·smitten] (149) + יְהוּדָ֖ה [Judah] (30) + לִפְנֵ֣י [before] (170) + יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל [Israel] (541) + וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ [and·they·fled] (132) + אִ֥ישׁ [man] (311) + לְאֹהָלָֽיו [to·his·tents] (82) = 1415.
Malbim
and he brought him - There [in Kings] it says only 'and he came,' but Ezra explains that he [Joash] also brought Amaziah along with him as a captive to his royal city, for shame and disgrace.
And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
verse value 8470
Insights
Verse structure: 22 words, 112 letters. The shortest word is "and" (וְאֵת֩, 3 letters) and the longest is "king·of·Judah" (מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 586: Jerusalem, Jerusalem. 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "he·seized" (תָּפַ֛שׂ), "in·wall·of" (בְּחוֹמַ֣ת), "from·gate·of" (מִשַּׁ֤עַר). The root מלך appears 2 times in this verse. 18 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "king·of·Judah" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "son·of·Joash" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "in·Beth-" (root בית, 191x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'shemesh', dividing the verse into phrases of 10 and 12 words.
Rashi
and breached the wall of... He said, “From now on, he will not rebel against me, because his heart will not be so haughty since the wall has been breached”
Metzudat David
'From the gate of Ephraim' — he began breaching the wall from the gate called the Gate of Ephraim, and breached it as far as the gate called the Corner Gate, a length of four hundred cubits.
Metzudat Zion
The corner gate (sha'ar happoneh) - This is the same as the 'sha'ar hapinnah' (corner gate) mentioned in II Kings; for the gate standing at the corner turns [poneh] both this way and that.
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
verse value 5869
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 86 letters. The shortest word is "and" (וְאֵ֣ת, 3 letters) and the longest is "in·the·house·of·God" (בְּבֵית־הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים, 10 letters). Words sharing gematria 407: and, and. 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·all·the·gold" (וְכׇֽל־הַזָּהָ֣ב), "and·the·silver" (וְהַכֶּ֡סֶף), "in·the·house·of·God" (בְּבֵית־הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים). 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "the·king" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "sons·of" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "in·the·house·of·God" (root אלהים, 202x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·hostages', dividing the verse into phrases of 14 and 2 words.
Rashi
that were found in the House of God with Obed-Edom for he and his sons were keepers of the treasures all their lives. and the hostage children For the Jews did not permit Amaziah to be king any longer in Jerusalem until he made the children of the officers hostages so that they would no longer rebel against him, and so did Jonathan translate it in II Kings (14:14): “the children of the officers.” Rabbi Joseph (Kara) explained “the hostage children” to mean those hostages that the king had taken as security so that their fathers would not rebel against him. This, however, does not appear correct to me because we do not find that Judah had such power over others that they could have [forced them] to give Judah their children as hostages.
Metzudat David
'And all the gold' — meaning, 'and he took all the gold,' etc.; from the context you can supply what is missing. 'With Obed-edom' — with everything found in the house of Obed-edom; for when the Ark was there in the days of David, the treasuries of consecrated things were kept in his house, and they remained there even after the Ark itself was taken from there. 'The hostages' — these are the sons of the officers, who are held by the king as pledges, so that their fathers would not rebel against him.
Metzudat Zion
The hostages (hata'aruvot) - An expression of pledges and security, as in 'what pledge' (Genesis 38).
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
verse value 3655
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 61 letters. The shortest word is "king·of" (מֶ֣לֶךְ, 3 letters) and the longest is "son·of·Jehoahaz" (בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 90: king·of, king·of. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·he·lived" (וַיְחִ֨י). The root בן appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "king·of" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "son·of·Joash" (root בן, 225x in II Chronicles); "Israel" (root ישראל, 140x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Israel', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 3 words. Full calculation: וַיְחִ֨י [and·he·lived] (34) + אֲמַצְיָ֤הוּ [Amaziah] (152) + בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ֙ [son·of·Joash] (369) + מֶ֣לֶךְ [king·of] (90) + יְהוּדָ֔ה [Judah] (30) + אַחֲרֵ֣י [after] (219) + מ֔וֹת [death·of] (446) + יוֹאָ֥שׁ [Joash] (317) + בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז [son·of·Jehoahaz] (89) + מֶ֣לֶךְ [king·of] (90) + יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל [Israel] (541) + חֲמֵ֥שׁ [five] (348) + עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה [-teen] (575) + שָׁנָֽה [year] (355) = 3655.
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?
verse value 3642
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 62 letters. Notable word values: "not" (הֲלֹא֙) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "not" (הֲלֹא֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·the·last" (וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים, 9 letters). 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "kings·of·Judah" (root מלך, 344x in II Chronicles); "and·Israel" (root ישראל, 140x in II Chronicles); "acts·of" (root דבר, 108x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'and·the·last', dividing the verse into phrases of 5 and 6 words. Full calculation: וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ [and·remainder·of] (616) + דִּבְרֵ֣י [acts·of] (216) + אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ [Amaziah] (152) + הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים [the·first] (606) + וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים [and·the·last] (326) + הֲלֹא֙ [not] (36) + הִנָּ֣ם [behold·them] (95) + כְּתוּבִ֔ים [written] (478) + עַל־סֵ֥פֶר [in·book·of] (440) + מַלְכֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֖ה [kings·of·Judah] (130) + וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל [and·Israel] (547) = 3642.
Malbim
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah - In Kings it says that his acts are written in the book of the kings of Judah; Ezra adds that his later acts are written also in the book of the kings of Israel, for from that time on he was subject to the kings of Israel (as stated at the beginning of Hosea), and his history came to be recorded there as well.
Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Hashem they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
verse value 5898
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 78 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֔ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "there" (שָֽׁם, 2 letters) and the longest is "in·Jerusalem" (בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 365: to·Lachish, to·Lachish. 3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "and·from·time" (וּמֵעֵ֗ת), "that·he·turned·aside" (אֲשֶׁר־סָ֤ר), "and·he·fled" (וַיָּ֣נׇס). The root אחר appears 2 times in this verse. 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 384x in II Chronicles); "in·Jerusalem" (root ירושלם, 127x in II Chronicles); "against·him" (root על, 111x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·Lachish', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 5 words.
Rashi
And from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord and was defeated by the king of Israel, immediately they conspired against him in Jerusalem to kill him, because each one was grieved over his son, his brother, and his kinsman who were slain because of him, because he provoked the king of Israel. and he fled to Lachish a fortified city against which Sennacherib waged war. He fled to Lachish, where he remained fifteen years until they followed him to Lachish and assassinated him there. And during those fifteen years that he was in Lachish, Jecoliah, Uzziah’s mother, reigned in his stead. This is how it appears to me. In the commentary of Rabbi Joseph (Kara), I saw that during those fifteen years that he was in Lachish, Uzziah his son reigned in his stead, but it is incorrect to interpret it in this manner, for it is written immediately following (26:1): “who was sixteen years old.” We find that when his father fled, he was only one year old. Moreover, if this is the case, it should say, “took Uzziah and made him king instead of his father during his lifetime.” Rather, Scripture intimated that he did not reign during his father’s lifetime.
Ralbag
'but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there' - It is known from this passage that Amaziah lived fifteen years after Joash son of Jehoahaz [of Israel died]; and in the days of Joash, Amaziah had turned away from following Hashem. The intent here, therefore, is that from the time he turned away from following Hashem, they conspired against him to kill him whenever it should come into their power. And when Amaziah learned of this conspiracy, he fled to Lachish to escape there from those conspiring against him. It appears that from the time he fled to Lachish, the people of Judah made his son Azariah king [alongside him], and they did not kill him in Lachish until Azariah had reigned about eleven years, as we explained in the Book of Kings. This is because in the fifteenth year of Amaziah's reign, Jeroboam son of Joash [of Israel] became king; and Jeroboam's reign preceded Azariah's by about four years, for in the thirty-eighth year of Azariah's reign, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king. And if we say that Azariah had already completed thirty-eight full years [as king] by the time Zechariah began to reign, then Jeroboam's reign preceded Azariah's by only three years, leaving twelve years that Azariah reigned during the lifetime of Amaziah his father. This second explanation fits very well with what we explained in the Book of Daniel, that the duration of the First Temple's standing was four hundred and twenty-six years.
Metzudat David
'Now from the time,' etc. — 'they made a conspiracy' [means that] from that time they began to conspire against him and rebel against him.
Malbim
Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Hashem - the priests of Hashem plotted a conspiracy against him as soon as he turned away from Hashem, and once the conspiracy broke into the open he fled to Lachish, and there he found supporters for all these years, until the hand of the conspirators grew strong and they killed him there. And I have already explained (there, in my commentary on Kings) that three years after Amaziah's war with Joash the conspiracy broke out and they made Uzziah king while [Amaziah] was still alive; he himself was in Lachish and reigned there, and after twelve years the conspirators grew strong and killed him. And this is what Micah means, 'Bind the chariot to the swift steeds, O inhabitant of Lachish,' as I explained there.
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
verse value 2181
Insights
Verse structure: 7 words, 39 letters. The shortest word is "him" (אֹת֛וֹ, 3 letters) and the longest is "upon·the·horses" (עַל־הַסּוּסִ֑ים, 8 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in II Chronicles. Unique to this verse in II Chronicles (hapax): "upon·the·horses" (עַל־הַסּוּסִ֑ים). 7 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Judah" (root יהודה, 129x in II Chronicles); "with·his·fathers" (root אב, 114x in II Chronicles); "in·city·of" (root עיר, 89x in II Chronicles). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'upon·the·horses', dividing the verse into phrases of 2 and 5 words. Full calculation: וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ [and·they·carried·him] (328) + עַל־הַסּוּסִ֑ים [upon·the·horses] (281) + וַֽיִּקְבְּר֥וּ [and·they·buried] (324) + אֹת֛וֹ [him] (407) + עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו [with·his·fathers] (529) + בְּעִ֥יר [in·city·of] (282) + יְהוּדָֽה [Judah] (30) = 2181.
Metzudat David
'In the city of Judah' — meaning, in the specific city that is in Judah, namely, the city of Zion.
Malbim