2 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.

2 Chronicles 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Chronicles 33:25

33:25 The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Chronicles 36:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign

36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.


tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

tn Heb “and the people of the land.”

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