If from the commencement of Asa's reign to the death of Ahaziah was sixty-six years, and from the commencement of Asa's reign to the death of Jehoshaphat was sixty-six years, Jehoshaphat therefore died in the same year that Ahaziah died. 2. "Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah" (1 Kings xv, 1). As Jeroboam reigned 22 years, he reigned four years after the beginning of Abijam's reign. From the beginning of Abijam's reign, then, to the death of Ahaziah, the reigns of Israel's kings were: Jeroboam 4 years, Nadab 2 years, Baasha 24 years, Elah 2 years, Omri 12 years Ahab 22 years, and Ahaziah 2 years. 4 years + 2 years + 24 years + 2 years + 12 years + 22 years + 2 years = 68 years. From the beginning of Abijam's reign to the death of Jehoshaphat the reigns of Judah's kings were: Abijam 3 years, Asa 41 years, Jehoshaphat 25 years. 3 years + 41 years + 25 years = 69 years. If from the beginning of Abijam's reign to the death of Ahaziah was sixty-eight years, and from the beginning of Abijam's reign to the death of Jehoshaphat was sixty-nine years, Jehoshaphat therefore died one year after Ahaziah died. 3. "In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel" (1 Kings xvi, 23). From the accession of Omri to the death of Ahaziah the reigns of Israel's kings were: Omri 12 years, Ahab 22 years, and Ahaziah 2 years. 12 years + 22 years + 2 years = 36 years. As Omri became king in the thirty-first year of Asa's reign, Asa reigned ten years after Omri became king, and this added to Jehoshaphat's reign of twenty-five years makes thirty-five years from Omri to the death of Jehoshaphat. If from the accession of Omri to the death of Ahaziah was thirty-six years, and from the accession of Omri to the death of Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years, Jehoshaphat therefore died one year before Ahaziah died. 4. "In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel" (2 Kings xiii, 1). From the death of Ahaziah king of Israel to the accession of Jehoahaz, Jehoram reigned 12 years, and Jehu 28 years, a total of 40 years. From the death of Jehoshaphat to the accession of Jehoahaz, Judah's sovereigns reigned--Joram 8 years, Ahaziah 1 year, Athaliah 6 years, Joash 23 years. 8 years + 1 year + 6 years + 23 years = 38 years. If from the death of Ahaziah to the accession of Jehoahaz was forty years, and from the death of Jehoshaphat to the accession of Jehoahaz was thirty-eight years, Jehoshaphat therefore died two years after Ahaziah died. 5. "And Jehoram [of Israel] reigned in his [Ahaziah's] stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat" (2 Kings i, 17). If Ahaziah died and Jehoram of Israel became king in the second year of Jehoram of Judah, Jehoshaphat therefore died two years before Ahaziah died. 6.