What Does 2 Kings 14:1 Mean in the King James?
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Amaziah’s name carries the language of strength rooted in Yah, while his first recorded year is measured against another king’s reign.
THE MEANING
Your story begins inside time already moving: your role is distinct, yet its place is set among other people’s lives and decisions. Amaziah’s name carries the root of strength, while the verse locates his reign within Israel’s king-year. Identity and shared time meet in the same sentence.
THE ROOT
אֲמַצְיָהוּ
ʾĂmaṣyāhû
GROWS FROM
אמץ
To be strong or firm; to strengthen.
The name carries the language of strength together with Yah’s name, making strength part of the nature attached to Amaziah. That meaning sits beneath the verse’s simple record of his accession.
ALSO GROWS
ʾimmēṣ: Made strong or firm.
אִמֵּץ
The name’s root can describe strength as something imparted, not only possessed.
ʾōmeṣ: Inner firmness or courage.
אֹמֶץ
This branch connects the name’s strength to the resolve associated with his reign.
וַיִּמְלֹךְ
vayyimlōkh
GROWS FROM
מלך
To reign or exercise kingship.
“Reigned” and the repeated word “king” grow from the same root, מלך. The verse keeps the act of ruling and the identity of the rulers joined, while placing Judah’s reign within Israel’s timeline.
ALSO GROWS
melekh: A ruler or king.
מֶלֶךְ
This is the noun repeated for the kings named in the verse, sharing the root of “reigned.”
mamlākhāh: The domain or rule of a king.
מַמְלָכָה
The root extends from a ruler’s act to the realm shaped by that rule.
THE PATTERN
Scripture lets names carry a nature or purpose within them, making a name more than a label.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.THE THREAD
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.Amaziah’s name carries the root אמץ (ʾ-m-ṣ), “to be strong” or “strengthen.” Joshua 1:9 uses that same root in “be of a good courage,” letting the name’s hidden root be heard as a call to firmness.
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