2 Kings 15:33

15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 1  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2  His mother 3  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Kings 23:10

23:10 The king 4  ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. 5 

2 Kings 23:31

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah

23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 6  His mother 7  was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Kings 24:8

Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah

24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 8  His mother 9  was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

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

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3 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5 sn Attempts to identify this deity with a god known from the ancient Near East have not yet yielded a consensus. For brief discussions see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor II Kings (AB), 288 and HALOT 592 s.v. מֹלֶךְ. For more extensive studies see George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek, and John Day, Molech: A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament.

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7 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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9 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”