2 Kings 14:23

23 Joash's son Amaziah was in his fifteenth year as king of Judah when Jehoash's son King Jeroboam of Israel began to rule in Samaria. Jeroboam ruled for 41 years.

2 Kings 14:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:23

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, the son of Joash king
of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign
in Samaria
So that he reigned fourteen or fifteen years contemporary with him; for Amaziah reigned twenty nine years:

[and reigned] forty and one years;
Josephus says ^F9 forty, giving only the round number.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 9.) c. 10. sect. 1.

2 Kings 14:23 In-Context

21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

22 Azariah rebuilt Elath and returned it to Judah after King Amaziah lay down in death with his ancestors.

23 Joash's son Amaziah was in his fifteenth year as king of Judah when Jehoash's son King Jeroboam of Israel began to rule in Samaria. Jeroboam ruled for 41 years.

24 He did what the LORD considered evil. He didn't turn away from any of the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat's son) led Israel to commit.

25 He restored Israel's boundaries from the border of Hamath to the Dead Sea as the LORD God of Israel predicted through his servant Jonah, the prophet from Gath Hepher and the son of Amittai.