2 Kings 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser ¹  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ²  along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went ³  and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁴ 

2 Kings 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁵  His mother ⁶  was Abi, ⁷  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 1:17

1:17 He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. ⁸  In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son. ⁹ 

¹ sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

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 “and they went up and came.”

⁴ tn Heb “the field of the washer.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁷ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke through Elijah.”

⁹ tn Heb “Jehoram replaced him as king…because he had no son.” Some ancient textual witnesses add “his brother,” which was likely added on the basis of the statement later in the verse that Ahaziah had no son.