2 Kings 15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To reign — Solely and fully to exercise his regal power.

A leper — The cause whereof see 2 Chronicles 26:16.

Six months — After the throne had been vacant several years, thro' the dissentions that were in the kingdom.

Full moon — That dominion seldom lasts long, which is founded in blood and falsehood.

Twentieth year — The meaning is, that he began his reign in the twentieth year after the beginning of Jotham's reign; or, which is the same thing, in the fourth year of Ahaz, son of Jotham.

To reign — Alone: for he had reigned before this, as his father's deputy.

Gate — Not of the temple, but of one of the courts of the temple, probably that which led to the king's palace.