KJV ORIGINAL
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Amaziah, the son of Joash and king of Judah, lived for fifteen more years after Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel, died.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that King Amaziah of Judah outlived King Jehoash of Israel by fifteen years.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during the divided kingdom period (around 800-750 BC) when Israel was split into two nations - the northern kingdom (Israel) and the southern kingdom (Judah). Both kingdoms had their own kings ruling simultaneously, and the biblical writers carefully tracked the chronology of their reigns to maintain historical records.
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