2 Kings 3:1

Moab Fights with Israel

3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; ¹  he ruled for twelve years.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ²  His mother ³  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Kings 24:8

Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah

24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother ⁵  was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered ⁶  to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, ⁷  took Jehoiachin ⁸  prisoner.

2 Kings 25:17

25:17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet ⁹  high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet ¹⁰  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

[3:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:8]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “came out.”

[24:12]  ⁵ sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

[24:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.

[25:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “three cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”