15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 1 Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. 2
16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed 3 in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.
16:34 During Ahab’s reign, 4 Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. 5 Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; 6 Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, 7 just as the Lord had warned 8 through Joshua son of Nun. 9
1 tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
2 tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”
3 tn Heb “Now the people were encamped.
4 tn Heb “in his days.”
5 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
6 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”
7 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”
8 tn Heb “according to the word of the
9 sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.