Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Chronicles 21:2

2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah , and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah , and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel .

Two Sons called by the same Name, though doubtless distin guished by some additional Title, which is not mentioned here, because it did not concern succeeding Ages to know it. Though indeed there is a Difference in their Hebrew Names, the one being Azariah, the other Azariahu, hu being the last Syllable in his Name, as in Elihu, and others.

Two Sons called by the same Name, though doubtless distin guished by some additional Title, which is not mentioned here, because it did not concern succeeding Ages to know it. Though indeed there is a Difference in their Hebrew Names, the one being Azariah, the other Azariahu, hu being the last Syllable in his Name, as in Elihu, and others.

So he is called either 1. Because he was so by Right: Or 2. Because he was [illegible: 1+ letters]ing not onely of Judah and Benjamin, but of a great number of Israelites, who had come into and settled themselves in his Kingdom, in his and in his Predecessours days; who being a considerable, and the purest and best part of Israel, may well be called Israel, being mo[illegible: 1+ letters]e truly and properly Gods Israel than their Apostate Brethren, who were no longer worthy of that Name. Or, 3. Because all his Subjects were Israelites; and therefore he was King of Israel, though not of all Israel. Or, 4. With some reflection upon his Memory, for making so strict an Alliance and Friendship with the King of Israel, whos[illegible: 1+ letters] Cause he defended with his own and his Kingdoms great Hazard, as if he had been the King not so much of Judah, as of Israel. And this may be the rather noted here, because here speedily follows a sad Effect of that wicked and cursed Match. Some say Israel was [illegible: 1+ letters]oisted into some Copies by the Transcriber instead of Iudah, [illegible: 1 word] it was first written.