2 Kings 15:6

15:6 The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.¹

2 Kings 15:36

15:36 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.²

2 Kings 15:1

Azariah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah is Eliminated

11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.³

2 Kings 14:29

14:29 Jeroboam passed away⁴ and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.⁵ His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 15:23

Pekahiah’s Reign over Israel

15:23 In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria⁶ for two years.

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem.⁷ His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 21:11-20

21:11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins.⁸ He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.⁹ 21:12 So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.¹⁰ 21:13 I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria¹¹ and the dynasty of Ahab.¹² I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides.¹³ 21:14 I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people¹⁴ and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies,¹⁵ 21:15 because they have done evil in my sight¹⁶ and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end,¹⁷ in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.¹⁸

21:17 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.¹⁹ 21:18 Manasseh passed away²⁰ and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

Amon’s Reign over Judah

21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.²¹ His mother²² was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah. 21:20 He did evil in the sight of²³ the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done.

¹tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Azariah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

²tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jotham, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

³tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum) “arise,” is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.

⁴tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵tn The MT has simply “with the kings of Israel,” which appears to stand in apposition to the immediately preceding “with his fathers.” But it is likely that the words “and he was buried in Samaria” have been accidentally omitted from the text. See 13:13 and 14:16.

⁶map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁷map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸tn Heb “these horrible sins.”

⁹sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

¹⁰tn Heb “so that everyone who hears it, his two ears will quiver.”

¹¹map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹²tn Heb “I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab.” The measuring line and plumb line are normally used in building a structure, not tearing it down. But here they are used ironically as metaphors of judgment, emphasizing that he will give careful attention to the task of judgment.

¹³tn Heb “just as one wipes a plate, wiping and turning [it] on its face.” The word picture emphasizes how thoroughly the Lord will judge the city.

¹⁴tn Heb “the remnant of my inheritance.” In this context the Lord’s remnant is the tribe of Judah, which had been preserved when the Assyrians conquered and deported the northern tribes. See 17:18 and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 269.

¹⁵tn Heb “they will become plunder and spoils of war for all their enemies.”

¹⁶tn Heb “in my eyes.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”

¹⁸tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹⁹tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Manasseh, and all which he did, and his sin which he committed, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

²⁰tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

²¹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²²tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

²³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”