21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 5 he was buried in the City of David, 6 but not in the royal tombs.
1 sn In the parallel account in 1 Kgs 12:18 this name appears as “Adoniram.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”
4 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
5 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
6 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
7 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
8 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
9 tn Heb “sons.”
10 tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”
11 tn Heb “all of them.”
12 tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”