(15, 16) Now the rest . . .--Comp. 2 Kings 13:12-13, where the reign of Jehoash is already summed up, though not altogether in the same phraseology. The compiler probably found 2 Kings 14:15-16, in their present position in the document from which he derived the entire section, 2 Kings 14:8-17; a document which was not the same as that upon which 2 Kings 13 depends, as appears from the differences of language in the two passages.
The two verses are almost necessary here as a suitable introduction of the statement of 2 Kings 14:17, that Amaziah survived Jehoash by fifteen years.
Verses 15, 16. - 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? And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. These verses are repeated with very slight alterations from 2 Kings 13:11, 12. Curiously, on both occasions they are out of place. It is scarcely worth while to consider how they came into the text at this point, since no explanation could be more than a conjecture. In point of fact, they are redundant.
14:15-22 Amaziah survived his conqueror fifteen years. He was slain by his own subjects. Azariah, or Uzziah, seems to have been very young when his father was slain. Though the years of his reign are reckoned from that event, he was not fully made king till eleven years afterwards.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might,.... His valiant and mighty acts which he did in his wars with the Syrians, 2 Kings 13:25,
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah; a short account of which is given in the preceding verses:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? a book very often mentioned and referred to, as containing the history of the events and transactions of every reign.
The two verses are almost necessary here as a suitable introduction of the statement of 2 Kings 14:17, that Amaziah survived Jehoash by fifteen years.
and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah; a short account of which is given in the preceding verses:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? a book very often mentioned and referred to, as containing the history of the events and transactions of every reign.