35:1 Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. 2 They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation 6 and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; 7 they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.
15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother 8 from her position as queen mother 9 because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact 18 with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.
24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 20 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.
25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 21 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.
1 tn Heb “and the service was prepared.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “fear.”
4 tn Heb “by walking in your ways.”
5 tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”
6 tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation
7 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
8 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.
9 tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gÿvirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.
10 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
11 tn Heb “They struck down.”
12 sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.
13 tn Heb “building.”
14 tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”
15 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
16 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
17 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”
18 tn Or “covenant.”
19 tn Heb “clothed.”
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21 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
22 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
23 tn Aram “according to the writing of.”