17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 1 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 2 He did not seek the Baals, 17:4 but instead sought the God of his ancestors 3 and obeyed 4 his commands, unlike the Israelites. 5
21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 6 he was buried in the City of David, 7 but not in the royal tombs.
1 tn Heb “father.”
2 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
3 tn Heb “fathers.”
4 tn Heb “walked in.”
5 tn Heb “and not like the behavior of Israel.”
6 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
7 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.