¹ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

² tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

³ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

⁴ tn Heb “and the house was forty cubits, that is, the main hall before it.”

⁵ tn Heb “the height of the first cherub was ten cubits; and so was the second cherub.”

⁶ sn In the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

⁷ tn The words “of Solomon’s reign” are added for clarification. See v. 1.

⁸ tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

⁹ tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

¹² tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹³ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”