2 Kings 8 Footnotes
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8:19 This editorial comment is placed here to explain why the Lord did not treat Judah the same way he had treated Israel.
8:22 “Today” refers to the time of the source document used by the author, not the “today” of the exilic compiler of the books of Kings. “Libnah” means “white,” and it was a town on the border of the Philistine coastal plains, and probably never really considered itself a part of Judah. So, east and west, Judah is losing its political and economic dominance in the south.
8:25 The “twelfth year” was 841 BC. This Ahaziah is not to be confused by Ahaziah, king of Israel, who reigned 853–852 BC during the reign of Jehoshaphat of Judah.
8:26 “One year,” until 841 BC.