2 Raja-raja 12:1

12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Raja-raja 12:3

12:3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

2 Raja-raja 12:8

12:8 The priests agreed ²  not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 12:13

12:13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.

2 Raja-raja 12:17

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked ⁴  Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 12:19

12:19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 14:29

14:29 Jeroboam passed away ⁷  and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. ⁸  His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

[12:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:8]  ² tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.

[12:8]  ³ tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.

[12:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

[12:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

[12:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[14:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[14:29]  ⁸ tn The MT has simply “with the kings of Israel,” which appears to stand in apposition to the immediately preceding “with his fathers.” But it is likely that the words “and he was buried in Samaria” have been accidentally omitted from the text. See 13:13 and 14:16.