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 21:17

21:17 They attacked Judah and swept through it. ⁵  They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, ⁶  including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

[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.”

[21:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “broke it up.”

[21:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the property which was found in the house of the king.”