14:1 (13:23) 1 Abijah passed away 2 and was buried in the City of David. 3 His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign 4 the land had rest for ten years.
1 sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
2 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4 tn Heb “in his days.”
5 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
6 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”
9 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
11 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
12 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
14 tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”