Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 8:25

25 ¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

Obj. It was in the eleventh year of Ioram, chap. 9. 29. Ans. Either, First, He began to Reign in the confines of Ioram's 11th and 12th Year, in the very end of his 11th Year, or towards the beginning of the 12th, whence it is indifferently ascribed to the one or the other. Or, Secondly, The one Year of Ahaziah did concur with the later half of Ioram's 11th Year, and the former half of his 12th Year: and if he could not be said to begin to reign in both these Years, yet he might unquestionably be said to reign in both of them; and the Hebrew word, both here and chap. 9. 29. properly signifies he reigned, and not, he began to reign, as it is Translated. Or, Thirdly, Ahaziah began to [illegible: 1 word] with h[illegible: 1+ letters]s Father, and during his Life, according to the late examples both in Iudah and Israel, there being also special occasion for it, by reason of Ioram's cruel and long sickness, 2 Chron. 21. 18, &c. and this was in Ioram's 11th Year, and then his Father died, and he began his single Reign in Ioram's 12th Year.

Called also Iehoahaz, 2 C[illegible: 1+ letters]ro. 21. 17. and Azariah, 2 Chron. 22. 6.