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. 1 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 2 he was buried in the City of David, 3 but not in the royal tombs.
22:1 The residents of Jerusalem 4 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. 5 So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. 6 He disobeyed 7 the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.
36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 8 He did evil in the sight of 9 the Lord his God.
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
3 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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5 tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”
6 tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”
7 tn Or “was unfaithful to.”
8 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
9 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
10 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”