3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; 1 he ruled for twelve years.
15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s 3 reign over Judah. He reigned for one month 4 in Samaria. 15:14 Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to 5 Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. 6 He killed him and took his place as king.
15:23 In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 7 for two years.
17:1 In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 8 for nine years.
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3 sn Azariah was also known by the name Uzziah.
4 tn Heb “a month of days.”
5 tn Heb “and came to.”
6 tn Heb “went up from Tirzah and arrived in Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria.”
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10 tn Heb “fear.”
11 tn The parallel passage in Isa 36:19 omits “Hena and Ivvah.” The rhetorical questions in v. 34a suggest the answer, “Nowhere, they seem to have disappeared in the face of Assyria’s might.”
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13 tn Heb “that they rescued Samaria from my hand?” But this gives the impression that the gods of Sepharvaim were responsible for protecting Samaria, which is obviously not the case. The implied subject of the plural verb “rescued” must be the generic “gods of the nations/lands” (vv. 33, 35).