¹ tn Heb “and the sons of Elah and Kenaz.” Kenaz was actually the son of Elah.

¹ tn Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”

¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Elah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

³ sn The Kidron Valley is the valley that joins the Hinnom Valley in the southeastern corner of the city and runs northward on the east side of the city.

³ sn It is not clear whether the “valley” in 6:12 is a physical valley (Jezreel Valley?), a figurative description of their love relationship, or a double entendre.

¹ tn Heb “and he burned it in the Kidron Valley.”

² tn The “sea of the rift valley” is the Dead Sea.

¹ tn Or “it included in the valley, Beth Haram.”

² tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

² tn Heb “wadi,” a seasonal watercourse through a valley.

² tn Heb “it will no longer be said ‘Topheth’ or ‘the Valley of Ben Hinnom’ but ‘the valley of slaughter.’”

³ sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.

² tn Heb “Look at your way in the valley.” The valley is an obvious reference to the Valley of Hinnom where Baal and Molech were worshiped and child sacrifice was practiced.

⁴ sn As a geographic feature, the rift valley (עֲרָבָה, ʿaravah) extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. The reference here is probably to the Jordan Valley and the wider part of the rift valley below the Dead Sea.

² tn Heb “it will no longer be called to this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom but the Valley of Slaughter.”

¹ sn The rift valley is a large geographic feature extending from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. Here only a section of the Jordan Valley is in view.

¹ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

³ tn Heb “and they chased all the valleys to the east and to the west.”

¹ sn This section of the rift valley is along the western part of the Dead Sea.

¹ sn This section of the rift valley is to the north and west of the Dead Sea.