26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.
33:14 After this Manasseh 15 built up the outer wall of the City of David 16 on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.
1 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “They struck down.”
3 sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.
4 tn Heb “ranks.”
5 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the
7 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
8 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
10 tn Heb “help.”
13 tn Or “an angel.”
14 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
15 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
16 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.