| II Kings 17:1
| In the twelfth year of* Achaz, king of Juda, Osee, the son of Ela, reigned in Samaria, over Israel, nine years.
| Year of the World 3274, Year before Christ 730. Twelfth. Houbigant would substitute 14th, to make the dates agree, p. 113. See 4 Kings 15:30. (Haydock) --- Till this time, Osee had been tributary to the Assyrian monarch. (Grotius) --- Hebrew may be, "in the 12th year....Osee....had reigned....nine years; which is true. (Calmet) --- He reigned so long afterwards, ver. 6. (Haydock)
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