19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 11 He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 12 the Lord God of their ancestors. 13
22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 18 When Ahaziah 19 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 20 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 21
29:15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word 22 of the Lord.
1 tn Or “high place.”
2 tn Heb “the tent of meeting of God.”
3 tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”
4 tn Heb “at the end of years.”
5 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
6 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
7 tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”
8 tn Heb “to go up.”
9 tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”
10 tn Heb “let your words be like one of them and speak good.”
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
12 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”
13 tn Heb “fathers.”
14 tn Or “army.”
15 tc The MT reads פְגָרִים (fÿgarim, “corpses”), but this seems odd among a list of plunder. A few medieval Hebrew
16 tn Heb “and they snatched away for themselves so that there was no carrying away.”
17 tn Heb “and they were three days looting the plunder for it was great.”
18 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “anointed.”
21 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
22 tn Heb “words” (plural).
23 tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”
24 tn Heb “listen to.”
25 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.