Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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Gill's Exposition
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. Which, with the fourteen he reigned contemporary with him, made the twenty…
These two verses (repeated from 2Ki 13:12-13) are out of place here, where they interrupt the history of Amaziah’s reign.
Adam Clarke
How he fought with Amaziah - The only fighting between them was the battle already mentioned; and this is minutely related in Ch2 25:21-24.
Here are three kings brought to their graves in these few verses: - 1. Joash king of Israel, Kg2 14:15, Kg2 14:16. We attended his funeral once before, Kg2 13:12, Kg2 13:13. But, because the historian…
Cambridge Bible
the rest of the acts of Jehoash The repetition of this sentence, which had been given in nearly the same terms in 2Ki 13:12, shews us that the compiler probably used two documents, and copied from one…