2 Chronicles 35:19

35:19 This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

2 Chronicles 13:1

Abijah’s Reign

13:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:5

21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 11:21

11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. ³  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. ⁴  For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

2 Chronicles 21:20

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; ⁵  he was buried in the City of David, ⁶  but not in the royal tombs.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin’s Reign

36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen ⁷  years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. ⁸  He did evil in the sight of ⁹  the Lord.

2 Chronicles 13:3

13:3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, ¹⁰  while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor ¹²  David. In his twelfth year he began ridding ¹³  Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ¹⁴  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

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¹ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).

¹ tn Heb “porch of the Lord.”

¹ tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹ tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”

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³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹ tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men.”

² tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with eight hundred thousand chosen men, strong warrior[s].”

¹ tn Heb “father.”

² tn Heb “purifying.”

¹ tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”