2 Chronicles 33:25

33:25 The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they ¹  made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh’s Reign

33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ³  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ⁴ 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁵  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ⁶ 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 22:1

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem ⁷  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ⁸  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 22:1

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem ⁹  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ¹⁰  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 3:14-15

3:14 He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length ¹¹  of 52½ feet, ¹²  with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. ¹³ 

Jeremiah 1:2

1:2 The Lord ¹⁴  began to speak to him ¹⁵  in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.

Zephaniah 1:1

Introduction

1:1 This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to ¹⁶  Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. Zephaniah delivered this message during the reign of ¹⁷  King Josiah son of Amon of Judah:

Matthew 1:10-11

1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, ¹⁸  Amon the father of Josiah, 1:11 and Josiah ¹⁹  the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹ tn Heb “and the people of the land.”

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⁴ tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

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⁶ tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

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⁸ tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

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¹⁰ tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

¹¹ sn The figure given here appears to refer to the combined length of both pillars (perhaps when laid end-to-end on the ground prior to being set up; cf. v. 17); the figure given for the height of the pillars in 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21 is half this (i.e., eighteen cubits).

¹² tc The Syriac reads “eighteen cubits” (twenty-seven feet). This apparently reflects an attempt at harmonization with 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21.

¹³ tn Heb “and he made before the house two pillars, thirty-five cubits [in] length, and the plated capital which was on its top [was] five cubits.” The significance of the measure “thirty-five cubits” (52.5 feet or 15.75 m, assuming a cubit of 18 inches) for the “length” of the pillars is uncertain. According to 1 Kgs 7:15, each pillar was eighteen cubits (27 feet or 8.1 m) high. Perhaps the measurement given here was taken with the pillars lying end-to-end on the ground before they were set up.

¹⁴ sn The translation reflects the ancient Jewish tradition of substituting the word for “Lord” for the proper name for Israel’s God which is now generally agreed to have been Yahweh. Jewish scribes wrote the consonants YHWH but substituted the vowels for the word “Lord.” The practice of calling him “Lord” rather than using his proper name is also reflected in the Greek translation which is the oldest translation of the Hebrew Bible. The meaning of the name Yahweh occurs in Exod 3:13-14 where God identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and tells Moses that his name is “I am” (אֶהְיֶה, ’ehyeh). However, he instructs the Israelites to refer to him as YHWH (“Yahweh” = “He is”); see further Exod 34:5-6.

¹⁵ tn Heb “to whom the word of the Lord came.” The present translation is more in keeping with contemporary English idiom. The idea of “began to speak” comes from the context where the conclusion of his speaking is signaled by the phrases “until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah” and “until the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile” in v. 3.

¹⁶ tn Heb “The word of the Lord which came to.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “in the days of.” The words “Zephaniah delivered this message” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁸ tc ᾿Αμώς (Amws) is the reading found in the earliest and best witnesses (א B C [D^luc] γ δ θ ˹ 33 pc it sa bo), and as such is most likely original, but this is a variant spelling of the name ᾿Αμών (Amwn). The translation uses the more well-known spelling “Amon” found in the Hebrew MT and the majority of LXX mss. See also the textual discussion of “Asa” versus “Asaph” (vv. 7-8); the situation is similar.

¹⁹ sn Before the mention of Jeconiah, several medieval mss add Jehoiakim, in conformity with the genealogy in 1 Chr 3:15-16. But this alters the count of fourteen generations (v. 17). It is evident that the author is selective in his genealogy for a theological purpose.