2 Kings 14:19

Now... but. — And... and.

They made a conspiracy. — The fact that no individual conspirators are mentioned appears to indicate that Amazialı’s death was the result of a general disaffection; and this inference is strengthened by the other details of the record. Thenius supppses that he had incensed the army in particular by some special act. Probably his foolish and ill-fated enterprise against Israel had something to do with it.

Lachish. — Now Um Lâkis. Of old it was a strong fortress. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 11:9; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 19:8.) Amaziah’s flight thither seems to indicate either a popular rising in Jerusalem, or a military revolt.

They sent after him to Lachish. — This, too, may point to a military outbreak.