2 Kings 13:1

2 Kings 13:1-9. Reign of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, over Israel (Not in Chronicles)

1. In the three-and-twentieth year of Joash … king of Judah, Jehoahaz… began to reign The chronology here seems inconsistent with verse 10. Jehoahaz's seventeen years, according to the statement before us, would go on to the fortiethyear of Joash king of Judah, whereas the successor of Jehoahaz is stated in verse 10 to have begun his reign in the thirty-seventhyear of Joash. It is possible that seventeen years, according to Jewish reckoning, may really have been very little more than fifteen. Still that does not bring the dates into accord. Where the mistake may be is not easy to discover. The LXX. represents the same numbers, which it is clear cannot all be correct, though the error is not large. See Chronological Table in the Introduction.

Jehoahaz the son of Jehu The first of the four generations for which God promised that the line of Jehu should continue.