2 Kings 15:1 - Exposition

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam King of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah King of Judah to reign. In 2 Kings 14:23 it is distinctly stated that Jeroboam's reign of forty-one years commenced in the fifteenth of Amaziah, who from that time lived only fifteen years ( 2 Kings 14:17 ). Either, therefore, Azariah must have begun to reign in the fifteenth year of Jeroboam, or there must have been an interregnum of twelve years between the death of Amaziah and the accession of Azariah. As this last hypothesis is pre-cluded by the narrative of 2 Chronicles 26:1 and 2 Kings 14:20 , 2 Kings 14:21 , we must correct the, twenty-seventh year" of this verse into the "fifteenth." If we do this, corresponding changes will have to be made in 2 Kings 14:8 , 2 Kings 14:13 , 2 Kings 14:23 , and 2 Kings 14:27 .