2 Kings 12:2

12:2 Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, ¹  just as ²  Jehoiada the priest taught him.

2 Kings 12:1

12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ³  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Kings 11:4

11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned ⁴  the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians ⁵  and the royal bodyguard. ⁶  He met with them ⁷  in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement ⁸  with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 15:3

15:3 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ⁹ 

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:2-3

25:2 The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. 25:3 By the ninth day of the fourth month ¹¹  the famine in the city was so severe the residents ¹²  had no food.

[12:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and Jehoash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord all his days.”

[12:2]  ² tn Heb “that which.” Jehoiada taught the king the Lord’s will.

[12:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”

[11:4]  ⁵ 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.

[11:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”

[11:4]  ⁸ tn Or “covenant.”

[15:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”

[15:2]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:3]  ¹¹ tn The MT has simply “of the month,” but the parallel passage in Jer 52:6 has “fourth month,” and this is followed by almost all English translations. The word “fourth,” however, is not actually present in the MT of 2 Kgs 25:3.

[25:3]  ¹² tn Heb “the people of the land.”