2 Chronicles 17:8

17:8 They were accompanied by the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, and by the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away ¹  and was buried with his ancestors ²  in the City of David. ³  His son Jehoram ⁴  replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 21:4

21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. ⁵  Then he killed all his brothers, ⁶  as well as some of the officials of Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:9

21:9 Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. ⁷ 

[21:1]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:1]  ² tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

[21:1]  ³ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[21:1]  ⁴ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

[21:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”

[21:4]  ² tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”

[21:9]  ¹ tc Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the impression that Jehoram was surrounded and launched a victorious nighttime counterattack. Yet v. 10 goes on to state that the Edomite revolt was successful. The translation above assumes an emendation of the Hebrew text. Adding a third masculine singular pronominal suffix to the accusative sign before Edom (reading אֹתוֹ [’oto, “him”] instead of just אֶת [’et]) and taking Edom as the subject of verbs allows one to translate the verse in a way that is more consistent with the context, which depicts an Israelite defeat, not victory. See also 2 Kgs 8:21.