2 Kings 14 Footnotes

14:1 The “second year” of Jehoash was 793–782 BC in co-regency with Joash.

14:2 Amaziah reigned twenty-nine years, until 767 BC.

14:7 The “Salt Valley” is in northern Arabia, just south of the Dead Sea.

14:23 The “fifteenth year” was 782 BC. This was the beginning of Jeroboam’s official reign. This “Jeroboam” was the second Israelite king with this name, and he served a coregency with Jehoash from 793–753 BC. The “forty-one years” was his total reign, including the coregency.

14:25 “Jonah son of Amittai” was the same reluctant prophet whose story is told in the book of Jonah.