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,
26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 3 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 4
1 tn Heb “father.”
2 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
3 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.