2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ¹  for seventeen years.

2 Kings 25:27

Jehoiachin in Babylon

25:27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh ²  day of the twelfth month, ³  King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned ⁴  King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him ⁵  from prison.

[13:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[25:27]  ² sn The parallel account in Jer 52:31 has “twenty-fifth.”

[25:27]  ³ sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”

[25:27]  ⁵ tn The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.