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They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
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The Root of the Rebellion
Commentators agree that King Amaziah's assassination was a direct result of his disastrous war with Israel. Scholars like John Gill specify that the leading men of Jerusalem likely blamed him for the city's broken wall, the plundered temple, and the loss of their sons as hostages. His death was the consequence of his failed leadership.
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19th Century
Anglican
Now ... but. — And ... and.
They made a conspiracy. — The fact that no individual conspirators are menti…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem Against Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men…
Presbyterian
Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have been very young when his father w…
