2 Chronicles 11:16

11:16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem 1  to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors. 2 

2 Chronicles 21:6

21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. 3  He did evil in the sight of 4  the Lord.

2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 Jehoram 5  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You 6  have not followed in the footsteps 7  of your father Jehoshaphat and of 8  King Asa of Judah,

2 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram 9  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria 10  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

1 tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the Lord God of Israel came [to] Jerusalem.”

2 tn Heb “fathers.”

3 tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”

4 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

6 tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.

7 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

8 tn Heb “in the ways of.”

9 sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

10 tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).