Hoshea, the son of Elah - One of Pekah’s friends, according to Josephus.
The twentieth year of Jotham - According to 2 Kings 15:33 and 2 Chronicles 27:1, Jotham reigned only 16 years. See also the suggestion in the margin. Strangely enough, this first year of Hoshea is also called, not the fourth, but the twelfth of Ahaz 2 Kings 17:1. The chronological confusion of the history, as it stands, is striking.
Uzziah - i. e. Azariah. See 2 Kings 15:1-4.