21:12 Jehoram 1 received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You 2 have not followed in the footsteps 3 of your father Jehoshaphat and of 4 King Asa of Judah,
36:22 In the first year of the reign of 5 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 6 the Lord moved 7 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.
3 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”
4 tn Heb “in the ways of.”
5 tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn Heb “to complete the word of the
7 tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”