2 Chronicles 20:31

Jehoshaphat’s Reign Ends

20:31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 21:20--22:1

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal tombs.

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 26:16

26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim’s Reign

36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:14

36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 10  They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.


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tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

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tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”

tn Or “was unfaithful to.”

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tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

10 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”