12:1 After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.
15:1 God’s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.