22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 3 His mother 4 was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned 9 the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians 10 and the royal bodyguard. 11 He met with them 12 in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement 13 with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.
11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. 14
1 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
2 tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
5 tn Traditionally “the
6 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
7 tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”
8 tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”
9 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
10 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.
11 tn Heb “the runners.”
12 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”
13 tn Or “covenant.”
14 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum) “arise,” is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
15 tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.
16 tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.
17 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”
18 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
19 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
20 tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”
21 tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”
22 sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.