26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 2 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 “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
3 tn Heb “and the people of the land.”
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.