מלכים ב ט״ו:ח׳-י״ב

בשנת שלשים ושמנה שנה לעזריהו מלך יהודה מלך זכריהו. אף מכאן יש ללמוד שמלך עזריה משמת יואש מלך ישראל חמש עשרה שנה בחיי אמציה אביו, שאם לא עמד עד שמת אביו, נמצא שלא עמד עד בשנת חמש עשרה לירבעם בן יואש, וירבעם מלך ארבעים ואחת, נמצא שמת ירבעם בשנת עשרים ושבע לעוזיה, והיאך הוא אומר בשנת שלשים ושמונה אלא על כרחך, עוזיה וירבעם מלכו כאחת, אלא שירבעם מלך בחיי אביו יהואש שלש שנים, לכך הוא אומר וירבעם ישב על כסאו, שישב כבר, ועוזיה עמד משמת יואש, ומלך ירבעם מלכות שלמה. ובסדר עולם ראיתי, שירבעם מלך בחיי אביו שנה, ואיני יודע אם שבוש הסופרים הוא, שאינו יכול ליישב בשנת שלשים ושמונה לעזריה מלך זכריה, אלא בענין זה:

In the thirty-eighth year of Azaryohu king of Yehudah, Zecharyoh … became king. From here too, it is possible to deduce that Azaryoh[u] reigned from the time that Yoash king of Yisroel died, fifteen years during the lifetime of Amatzyoh his father, for if he did not become [king] until his father died, it follows that he did not become [king] until the fifteenth year of Yorovom son of Yoash. Now, since Yorovom reigned forty-one years, it follows that Yorovom died in the twenty-seventh year of Uzziyoh. So, how does [Scripture] state, “In the thirty-eighth year?” Rather, we are forced [to deduce] that Uzziyoh and Yorovom reigned simultaneously, except that Yorovom reigned during the lifetime of his father Yehoash—three years. Therefore [Scripture] states, ”and Yorovom had sat on his throne,”⁷Above, 13:13. [i.e., on the throne] that he had already sat. And Uzziyoh became [king] when Yoash died and Yorovom reigned over a complete monarchy. I saw in Seder Olam that Yorovom reigned one year during his father's lifetime, and I do not know whether it is the writers' error, for I cannot reconcile, ”In the thirty-eighth year of Azaryohu … Zecharyohu … reigned,” except in this manner.

ויכהו קבל עם. ומחהי קדם עמא, לעיני העם:

And struck him before the people. [Targum Yonoson renders,] he struck him before the people [i.e.,] before the eyes of the people.⁸קבל in Aramaic means opposite, i.e., he struck him opposite the people.—Metzudas Tzion

ויהי כן. לא שהיתה כדאי מלכותו לימשך כל כך, אלא לקיים דבר מלך, שנאמר (ישעיהו נה יא): כן יהיה דברי אשר יצא מפי וגו':

And it was so. Not that his kingdom deserved to last that long, but to fulfill the word of the King,⁹I.e., the word of God stated in 10:30 above. as it is stated, ”So shall be My word, which will go forth from My mouth etc.”¹⁰Yeshayohu 55:11.