24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, 4 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. 5 Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. 6
1 tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”
2 tn Heb “in all which he went out [to do], he was successful.”
3 tn Heb “and did not serve him.”
4 tn Heb “In his days.”
5 tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.
6 tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”