1:14 Solomon accumulated 1 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 2
4:11 Huram Abi 4 made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 5
17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 7 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 8 He did not seek the Baals,
24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 12 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.
27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 18 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
32:6 He appointed military officers over the army 23 and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, 24 saying,
1 tn Or “gathered.”
2 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn The Hebrew text adds here, “in the inner sanctuary,” but the description at this point is of the pillars, not the inner sanctuary.
4 tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.
5 tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”
6 tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things [into] the house of God, silver, gold, and items.”
7 tn Heb “father.”
8 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
9 tn Heb “and he set his face to seek the
10 tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some
11 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
12 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
13 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
14 tn Heb “sought.”
15 tn Heb “in the days of.”
16 tn Heb “in the days of his seeking.”
17 tn Or “prosper.”
18 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”
21 tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”
22 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
23 tn Heb “and he placed officers of war over the people.”
24 tn Heb “he spoke to their heart[s].”
25 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
26 tn Heb “and walked in the ways of David his father.”
27 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”