2 Kings 8:26

8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ²  of King Omri of Israel.

2 Kings 10:36

10:36 Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.

2 Kings 11:4

11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned ³  the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians ⁴  and the royal bodyguard. ⁵  He met with them ⁶  in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement ⁷  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 11:21

Joash’s Reign over Judah

11:21 (12:1) ⁸  Jehoash ⁹  was seven years old when he began to reign.

[8:26]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:26]  ² tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.

[11:4]  ³ tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”

[11:4]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”

[11:4]  ⁷ tn Or “covenant.”

[11:21]  ⁸ sn Beginning with 11:21, the verse numbers through 12:21 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 11:21 ET = 12:1 HT, 12:1 ET = 12:2 HT, 12:2 ET = 12:3 HT, etc., through 12:21 ET = 12:22 HT. With 13:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[11:21]  ⁹ tn Jehoash is an alternate name for Joash (see 11:2).