2 Chronicles 29:20

29:20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 30:2

30:2 The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 34:29-30

34:29 The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. ¹  34:30 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 13:1

Abijah’s Reign

13:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

2 Chronicles 15:3

15:3 For a long time ³  Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

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. ⁴  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁵  He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. ⁶ 

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. ⁷  His mother was Abijah, ⁸  the daughter of Zechariah.

[34:29]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.”

[34:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:3]  ³ tn Heb “Many days.”

[27:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”

[29:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:1]  ⁸ tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”