21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 His mother 3 was Hephzibah.
11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. 6
14:1 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz, 7 Joash’s 8 son Amaziah became king over Judah. 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 9 His mother 10 was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. 11
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. 12
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
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 “the name of his mother.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”
6 tn 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.
7 sn The name Joahaz is an alternate form of Jehoahaz.
8 sn The referent here is Joash of Judah (see 12:21), not Joash of Israel, mentioned earlier in the verse.
9 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
10 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
11 sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.
12 sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.