2 Chronicles 21:4
Context21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. 1 Then he killed all his brothers, 2 as well as some of the officials of Israel.
2 Chronicles 22:2
Context22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two 3 years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter 4 of Omri.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Context36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen 5 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. 6 He did evil in the sight of 7 the Lord.
1 tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”
2 tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”
3 tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some
4 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
5 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”