2 Chronicles 22:3

22:3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, ¹  for his mother gave him evil advice. ² 

2 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ³  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ⁴ 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 22:2

22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two ⁵  years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ⁶  of Omri.

2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash’s Reign

24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ⁷  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Chronicles 25:1

Amaziah’s Reign

25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁸  His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26:3

26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ⁹  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 27:1

Jotham’s Reign

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah Consecrates the Temple

29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  His mother was Abijah, ¹²  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Chronicles 20:31

Jehoshaphat’s Reign Ends

20:31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 12:13

12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ¹⁴  he ¹⁵  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁶  Rehoboam’s ¹⁷  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

[22:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”

[22:3]  ² tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”

[13:2]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:2]  ⁴ tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

[22:2]  ⁵ tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac.

[22:2]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.

[24:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:3]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[27:1]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:1]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:1]  ¹⁶ tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”

[20:31]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

[12:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[12:13]  ²¹ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[12:13]  ²² tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.