2 Chronicles 21:4

21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful.¹ Then he killed all his brothers,² as well as some of the officials of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:7

30:7 Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors,³ provoking him to destroy them,⁴ as you can see.

Jehoahaz’s Reign

36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.⁵

¹tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”

²tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”

³tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).

⁴tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).

⁵map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.