3:1 Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 1 on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan 2 the Jebusite.
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.
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2 tn In 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chr 21:15; 18-28.
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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.”