2 Kings 14:17
“Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.”
What does 2 Kings 14:17 mean?
After King Jehoash of Israel died, King Amaziah of Judah continued ruling for another fifteen years. This verse is simply marking a historical fact: these two kings from neighboring kingdoms overlapped in their reigns, and Amaziah outlived his contemporary by quite a bit. It's the kind of detail that ancient historians included to help readers understand the timeline and sequence of events in Israel and Judah's separate histories. What matters most is that it shows these kingdoms had their own separate rulers and destinies, even as they sometimes interacted with and influenced each other.