2 Kings 14:19

“Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, etc.] Against Amaziah; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the principal men of it; perhaps those whose sons the king of Israel had carried away as hostages, which they imputed to the ill conduct of Amaziah, as well as the breaking of the wall of Jerusalem, and the pillaging of the temple, and the king’s palace: and he fled to Lachish; a fortified city in the tribe of Judah, (<061539>Joshua 15:39) but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there; in a private manner, as Josephus f154 relates.”

“HE IS SLAIN BY A CONSPIRACY. (Kg2 14:17-20) they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem--Amaziah's apostasy (Ch2 25:27) was followed by a general maladministration, especially the disastrous issue of the war with Israel. The ruinous condition of Jerusalem, the plunder of the temple, and the loss of their children who were taken as hostages [Kg2 14:13-14], lost him the respect and attachment not of the grandees only, but of his subjects generally, who were in rebellion. The king fled in terror to Lachish, a frontier town of the Philistines, where, however, he was traced and murdered. His friends had his corpse brought without any pomp or ceremony, in a chariot to Jerusalem, where he was…”

“14:19-20 Like his father Joash (12:20-21), Amaziah was killed by assassins. The Chronicler blames his spiritual infidelity for the conspiracy against him (2 Chr 25:27). • Lachish, southwest of Jerusalem, was the site of an important victory by King Sennacherib of Assyria during his invasion of Judah in 701 BC (2 Kgs 18:14). It was also seized during Nebuchadnezzar II’s advance against Jerusalem in 588 BC (Jer 34:7).”

“am 3194, bc 810 they made: Kg2 12:20, Kg2 12:21, Kg2 15:10, Kg2 15:14, Kg2 15:25, Kg2 15:30, Kg2 21:23; Ch2 25:27, Ch2 25:28 fled to Lachish: Jos 10:31; Mic 1:13 4 Kings (2 Kings) 14:20”