2 Kings 21:18

21:18 Manasseh passed away ¹  and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

2 Kings 21:1

Manasseh’s Reign over Judah

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ²  His mother ³  was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 2:10

2:10 Elijah ⁴  replied, “That’s a difficult request! ⁵  If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah is Eliminated

11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. ⁶ 

2 Kings 14:1-2

Amaziah’s Reign over Judah

14:1 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz, ⁷  Joash’s ⁸  son Amaziah became king over Judah. 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁹  His mother ¹⁰  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 1:1

Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders

1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 1:1

Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders

1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. ¹² 

[21:18]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:1]  ³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”

[11:1]  ⁶ 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.

[14:1]  ⁷ sn The name Joahaz is an alternate form of Jehoahaz.

[14:1]  ⁸ sn The referent here is Joash of Judah (see 12:21), not Joash of Israel, mentioned earlier in the verse.

[14:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[1:1]  ¹¹ sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.

[1:1]  ¹² sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.