Daily Tanach Sunday 16th Adar Sefer Melachim 2 Chapter 14 Part 3: The legacy and reign of Yoash, Achaziyahu, Yeravam

1. The legacy of Yoash:

• The Chronicles: The remaining deeds and actions of Yehoash, and how he fought with Amatziah the king of Yehuda, are all written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
• His passing: Yehoash passed away and was buried together with his ancestors, the kings of Israel, in the city of Shomron.
• His successor: Yeravam the son of Yehoash reigned in his stead.

2. The legacy of Amatziah:

• Amatziah, the son of Yoash the king of Yehuda lived for an additional fifteen years after the death of Yehoash the son of Yehoachaz the king of Israel.
• The Chronicles: The remaining deeds and actions of Amatziah are written in the book of chronicles of the kings of Yehuda.
• The revolt against him and his assassination: The nation in Jerusalem revolted against Amatziah, and he fled to the city of Lachish [where he dwelled for the remaining 15 years of his life until he was assassinated, and his son Azariah, also known as Uzziah, ruled in Jerusalem in his stead during those years^[1]]. The rebels sent assassins after him in Lachish and he was killed while living there.
• Amatziah is buried in Jerusalem: The people carried the body of Amatziah on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his forefathers in the city of Dovid.
• Azariah his successor: The entire nation of Yehuda took Azariah, the son of Amatziah, who was sixteen years old, and coronated him as king in place of his father Amatziah.
• Building up the city of Eilat: Azariah built up the city of Eilat and restored it to Yehuda, after his father the king had passed away.

3. The legacy and reign of Yeravam:

• The year of his reign: Yeravam the son of Yoash, the king of Israel, reigned in Shomron in the fifteenth year of Amatziah the son of Yoash the king of Yehuda.
• His years of reign: Yeravam reigned for a total of forty-one years.
• His evil deeds: Yeravam performed evil in the eyes of Hashem, and he did not swerve from the sins of Yeravam, the son of Nevat.
• He restored the boundaries of Israel: Heeding to the prophecy from Yonah the son of Amittai who was from Gath-Chefer, Yeravam fought [against the nation of Aram^[2]] and restored to Israel all of the cities from Levo Chamas until the dead sea. Hashem helped Yeravam the son of Yehoash be successful in the battles as he saw the severe oppression of the Jewish people and did not want them to be eradicated [even though they did not repent^[3]].
• The Chronicles: The rest of the events of Yeravam and all his deeds, and how he fought against Aram, and how he restored Damascus and Chamas to Yehuda through the warriors of the kingdom of Israel, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
• His successor: Yeravam passed away and was buried with his ancestors, the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah reigned in his stead.

[1] Rashi 14:17

[2] Rashi and Radak 14:25

[3] Radak 14:26