King Amaziah of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
- KJV And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
- BSB Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- NKJV Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
- NASB Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
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Amaziah of Judah outlived Jehoash of Israel by fifteen years.
Overview
This chronological note tracks the overlapping reigns and prepares for the account of Amaziah's troubled final years. That he survived his conqueror by fifteen years shows God's patience, granting time before judgment fell. The careful synchronizing reflects the historian's concern to set God's dealings within real, sequential history.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 25:25–28Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 14:23In 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 for forty-one years.
- 2 Kgs 13:10In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria for sixteen years.
- 2 Kgs 14:1–2In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
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