2 Chronicles 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ¹  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah ²  who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. ³ 

2 Chronicles 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ⁴  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ⁵  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ⁶  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ⁷  district.) They stated their business, ⁸ 

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¹ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

² tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

³ tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

⁴ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

⁵ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

⁶ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

⁷ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

⁸ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”