4:11 Huram Abi 1 made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 2
17:10 The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; 3 they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.
30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. 6
1 tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.
2 tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”
3 tn Heb “and the terror of the
5 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).
6 tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).
7 tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”
9 tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”
10 tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”
11 tn Heb “misled Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.