26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 11 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 12 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.
27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 13 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 14 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 15
1 tn Heb “and they brought up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for 600 silver (pieces), and a horse for 150, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”
2 tn Heb “made.”
3 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
4 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
5 tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”
3 tn The Hebrew text has simply “600,” with no unit of measure given.
4 tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”
5 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”
5 tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.”
6 tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”
7 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
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11 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the