Much of Samaria’s history is bound up with the wayward record of the fourteen kings of Israel, from Omri to Hoshea.—1 Ki. 16:28, 29; 22:51, 52; 2 Ki. 3:1, 2; 10:35, 36; 13:1, 10; 14:23; 15:8, 13, 14, 17, 23, 25, 27; 17:1.

Then, during the reigns of King Jehu and his son Jehoahaz, Gilead lost even more territory and was subjected to a severe threshing experience at the hands of the Syrian kings Hazael and his son Ben-hadad. (2 Ki. 10:32-34; 13:1, 3, 7; Amos 1:3, 4)

2 Ki. 13:1

Inscriptions report his attacking Damascus during the reign of Hazael, successor to Ben-hadad (1 Ki. 19:15; 2 Ki. 8:12-15), who ruled during and perhaps beyond the reigns of Kings Jehu (905-876 B.C.E.) and Jehoahaz (876-860 B.C.E.) of Israel. (2 Ki. 10:31-34; 13:1-3)

For seventeen years Jehoahaz reigned, from 876 to about 860 B.C.E. (2 Ki. 10:35; 13:1)

The dynasty of Jehu therefore reigned over Israel for about 114 years.—2 Ki. 10:30; 13:1, 10; 14:23; 15:8-12.