2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 Kings 14:19 they made a conspiracy against him. Amaziah was bound to be unpopular since Jerusalem was invaded during his failed military action (vv. 2 Kings 14:11). Lachish was the most important fortified city in Judah besides Jerusalem. It defended one of the east-west valleys that gave access to the Judean Plateau and Jerusalem from the coastal plains.

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