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Atomic Bible
2 Kings 14:20
They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
from The Death of Amaziah, 2 Kings 14:17-20
What it says

Amaziah is carried back on horses and buried in Jerusalem in the City of David.

What it is doing

It restores him to the royal burial line despite his violent death.

In context

17Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 18As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 19And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there. 20They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.