24:27 The list of Joash’s 5 sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. 6 His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
2 tn Heb “and the
3 tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives (see IBHS 594 §35.5.2a). Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.
5 tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”
7 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”