Discovery Box2 Chronicles 13:2 
Context13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. 2
There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 14:1
Context14:1 (13:23) 3 Abijah passed away 4 and was buried in the City of David. 5 His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign 6 the land had rest for ten years.
2 Chronicles 14:6
Context14:6 He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace.
2 Chronicles 22:2
Context22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two 7 years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter 8 of Omri.
2 Chronicles 25:25
Context25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.
2 Chronicles 26:1
Context26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 9 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Context36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen 10 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. 11 He did evil in the sight of 12 the Lord.
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).
3 sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
4 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
5 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
6 tn Heb “in his days.”
7 tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some
8 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
9 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
10 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”
11 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
12 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
