3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; 2 he ruled for twelve years.
15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 3 for six months.
22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 4 His mother 5 was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
22:3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders: 6
24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 7 His mother 8 was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
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5 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
5 tn Heb “with these orders, saying.”
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7 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
7 tn Heb “came out.”
8 sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597
9 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.
9 tn Heb “three cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”