IN the dayes of Ʋzziah] Called also Azariah, 2 Kings 14:21. and 2 Kings 15:1. who when he was a Leper his sonne supplied his place in government, 2 Kings 15:5. 2 Chron. 26. 21. kings of Judah] So that it may be gathered by the reign of these four Kings, that he preached long; some say fourty three; others, fifty seven; others, sixty years. in the dayes of Jeroboam] As Amos 1:1. There were other Kings of the ten Tribes, untill the time of Hezekian, but it may be that Hosea prophesied under Jeroboam among the ten Tribes; and that after him he came into Judah. Or, the other Kings are left out because that under them the State was turned upside down by revolts, and other troubles.