17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 4 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 5 He did not seek the Baals,
21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. 6 Then he killed all his brothers, 7 as well as some of the officials of Israel.
26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 14 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 17 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 18
1 tc Some prefer to read here “bowls,” see v. 11 and 1 Kgs 7:45.
2 tn Heb “Huram Abi made for King Solomon [for] the house of the
3 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
5 tn Heb “father.”
6 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
7 tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”
8 tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”
9 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
10 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
11 tn Heb “did not remember.”
12 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
13 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
15 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
16 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
17 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
18 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the