21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 1 he was buried in the City of David, 2 but not in the royal tombs.
25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 3 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.
26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 4 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 5 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 6
29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 7 His mother was Abijah, 8 the daughter of Zechariah.
36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the sight of 10 the Lord his God.
1 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
2 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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6 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the
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8 tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
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10 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”