A.M.

3274 B.C.

730
In the twelfth
In ch.

2 Kings 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead...

, this is said to be `the twentieth year of Jotham,' which Calmet thus reconciles: `Hosea conspired against Pekah, the

20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the

18th of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the

4th of Ahaz and the

20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to ch.

2 Kings 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead...

Finally, the

12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to ch

2 Kings 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

.'

Hoshea. `After an interregnum,'

2 Kings 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead...

2 Kings 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel...