John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah ,.... The same with Azariah: he is sometimes called by one name, and sometimes by the other, see 2 Kings 14:21 , and he reigned a full month in Samaria : and no longer; so soon were the conspiracy against his sovereign, and the murder of him, punished. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 15:8-31
The best days of the kingdom of Israel were while the government was in Jehu's family. In his reign, and the next three reigns, though there were many abominable corruptions and miserable grievances in Israel, yet the crown went in succession, the kings died in their beds, and some care was taken of public affairs; but, now that those days are at an end, the history which we have in these verses of about thirty-three years represents the affairs of that kingdom in the utmost confusion... read more