Study it in the app“In year fifteen of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria and reigned forty-one years.”
In yearבִּשְׁנַתfifteenחֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָהof Amaziahלַאֲמַצְיָהוּsonבֶןof Joash,יוֹאָשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהJeroboamיָרָבְעָםsonבֶּןof Joash,יוֹאָשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלbecame kingמָלַךְin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand reignedforty-oneאַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַתyears.שָׁנָה
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsAmaziah
Amaziah: a name meaning "YHWH is strong." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Joash (2 Kings 12:21; 14); also a priest of Bethel in Amos's time (Amos 7:10) and two other men (1 Chronicles 4:34; 6:45).
Where else “amatsyahu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsJoash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearsThis Jeroboam, son of Joash, is different from Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first king of the northern kingdom (14:24).
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
22He built Elath and brought it back to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.
23 · This verse (above)
24He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin.
