19:8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord 1 and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. 2
22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 3 When Ahaziah 4 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 5 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 6
1 tn Heb “for the judgment of the
2 tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshÿvu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshÿvey, “residents of”).
3 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “anointed.”
6 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”