2 Tawarikh 22:1--29:36
Konteks22:1 The residents of Jerusalem 1 made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. 2 So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. 22:2 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. 22:3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, 5 for his mother gave him evil advice. 6 22:4 He did evil in the sight of 7 the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they 8 gave him advice that led to his destruction. 22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram 9 of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria 10 at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. 22:6 Joram 11 returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians 12 in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah 13 son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. 14
22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 15 When Ahaziah 16 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 17 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 18 22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them. 22:9 He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. 19 They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned, 20 “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah’s family strong enough to rule in his place. 21
22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line 22 of Judah. 23 22:11 So Jehoshabeath, 24 the daughter of King Jehoram, 25 took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away 26 from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him. 22:12 He remained in hiding in God’s temple 27 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact 28 with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri. 23:2 They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.
They came to Jerusalem, 29 23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada 30 said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants. 23:4 This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors. 23:5 Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others 31 will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple. 23:6 No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord. 23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple 32 must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” 33
23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah 34 did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties. 23:9 Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields 35 that were kept in God’s temple. 23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. 36 23:11 Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. 37 They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. 38 They declared, “Long live the king!”
23:12 When Athaliah heard the royal guard 39 shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd 40 at the Lord’s temple. 23:13 Then she saw 41 the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!” 42 23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 43 Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 44 23:15 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. 45 There they executed her.
23:16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. 46 23:17 All the people went and demolished 47 the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. 48 They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. 23:18 Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to 49 the law of Moses and the edict of David. 23:19 He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter. 23:20 He summoned 50 the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne. 23:21 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah. 51
24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 52 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. 24:2 Joash did what the Lord approved 53 throughout the lifetime 54 of Jehoiada the priest. 24:3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.
24:4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple. 55 24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.
24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 56 and said to him, “Why have you not made 57 the Levites collect 58 from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” 59 24:7 (Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord’s temple in their worship of the Baals.) 24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. 60 24:9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness. 61 24:10 All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full. 24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.
24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen 62 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple. 24:13 They worked hard and made the repairs. 63 They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. 64 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord’s temple.
24:15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130. 65 24:16 He was buried in the City of David 66 with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. 67 The king listened to their advice. 68 24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 69 and worshiped 70 the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. 71 They warned 72 the people, but they would not pay attention. 24:20 God’s Spirit energized 73 Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’” 24:21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. 24:22 King Joash disregarded 74 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 75 son. As Zechariah 76 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 77
24:23 At the beginning 78 of the year the Syrian army attacked 79 Joash 80 and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus. 24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, 81 for the people of Judah 82 had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians 83 gave Joash what he deserved. 84 24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash 85 badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to 86 the son 87 of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus 88 he died and was buried in the City of David, 89 but not in the tombs of the kings. 24:26 The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).
24:27 The list of Joash’s 90 sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. 91 His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 92 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. 25:2 He did what the Lord approved, 93 but not with wholehearted devotion. 94
25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 95 he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 96 25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 97 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, 98 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. 99 A man must be executed only for his own sin.” 100
25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 101 and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age 102 equipped with spears and shields. 103 25:6 He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents 104 of silver.
25:7 But a prophet 105 visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. 106 25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you 107 before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” 108 25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: 109 “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet 110 replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.” 25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. 111 They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed. 25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, 112 where he defeated 113 10,000 Edomites. 114 25:12 The men 115 of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. 116 All the captives 117 fell to their death. 118 25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle 119 raided 120 the cities of Judah from Samaria 121 to Beth Horon. They killed 122 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.
25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people 123 of Seir and made them his personal gods. 124 He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices. 25:15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following 125 these gods 126 that could not deliver their own people from your power?” 127 25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah 128 said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” 129 So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided 130 to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, 131 he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, “Come, face me on the battlefield.” 132 25:18 King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush. 133 25:19 You defeated Edom 134 and it has gone to your head. 135 Gloat over your success, 136 but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” 137
25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, 138 for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. 139 25:21 So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield 140 in Beth Shemesh of Judah. 25:22 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. 141 25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 142 25:24 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God’s temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.
25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 25:26 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 143 25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 144 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 145 and they killed him there. 25:28 His body was carried back by horses, 146 and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors 147 in the City of David. 148
26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 149 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 26:2 Uzziah 150 built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah 151 had passed away. 152
26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 153 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. 26:4 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. 154 26:5 He followed 155 God during the lifetime of 156 Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed 157 the Lord, God caused him to succeed. 158
26:6 Uzziah attacked 159 the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory. 160 26:7 God helped him in his campaigns 161 against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. 26:8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached 162 the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.
26:9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. 163 26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands 164 and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, 165 for he loved agriculture. 166
26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official. 26:12 The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600. 26:13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend 167 the king against his enemies. 26:14 Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. 26:15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. 168
26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. 169 He disobeyed 170 the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar. 26:17 Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in. 26:18 They confronted 171 King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed 172 and the Lord God will not honor you!” 26:19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving 173 at the priests, a skin disease 174 appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple near the incense altar. 26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 175 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 176 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him. 26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 177 afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
26:22 The rest of the events of Uzziah’s reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 178 26:23 Uzziah passed away 179 and was buried near his ancestors 180 in a cemetery 181 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 182 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 183 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. 184 (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) 185 Yet the people were still sinning.
27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. 186 27:4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
27:5 He launched a military campaign 187 against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents 188 of silver, 10,000 kors 189 of wheat, and 10,000 kors 190 of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years. 191
27:6 Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God. 192 27:7 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. 193 27:8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 27:9 Jotham passed away 194 and was buried in the City of David. 195 His son Ahaz replaced him as king.
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 196 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 197 28:2 He followed in the footsteps of 198 the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals. 28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 199 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 200 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. 28:4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians 201 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 202 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 203 28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. 204 28:7 Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the supervisor of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s second-in-command. 28:8 The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it 205 back to Samaria. 206
28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 207 28:10 And now you are planning 208 to enslave 209 the people 210 of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God? 28:11 Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the Lord is very angry at you!” 211 28:12 So some of 212 the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted 213 those returning from the battle. 28:13 They said to them, “Don’t bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? 214 Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel.” 215 28:14 So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly. 28:15 Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked. 216 So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals, gave them food and drink, and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. 217 They put the ones who couldn’t walk on donkeys. 218 They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho, 219 the city of the date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria.
28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king 220 of Assyria for help. 28:17 The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives. 28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands 221 and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages. 28:19 The Lord humiliated 222 Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, 223 for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very 224 unfaithful to the Lord. 28:20 King Tiglath-pileser 225 of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. 226 28:21 Ahaz gathered riches 227 from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.
28:22 During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord. 28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. 228 He reasoned, 229 “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble. 28:24 Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem. 28:25 In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors.
28:26 The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 230 28:27 Ahaz passed away 231 and was buried in the City of David; 232 they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.
29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 233 His mother was Abijah, 234 the daughter of Zechariah. 29:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. 235
29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them. 29:4 He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side. 29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! 236 Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean! 29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of 237 the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned 238 away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him. 239 29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel. 29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, 240 as you can see with your own eyes. 29:9 Look, our fathers died violently 241 and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off 242 because of this. 29:10 Now I intend 243 to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger. 244 29:11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.” 245
29:12 The following Levites prepared to carry out the king’s orders: 246
From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;
from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;
from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;
29:13 from the descendants of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel;
from the descendants of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;
29:14 from the descendants of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei;
from the descendants of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel.
29:15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word 247 of the Lord. 29:16 The priests then entered the Lord’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. 248 The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley. 29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. 249 For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished. 29:18 They went to King Hezekiah and said: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment. 29:19 We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord.”
29:20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple. 29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. 250 The king 251 told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord. 29:22 They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar. 29:23 Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them. 29:24 Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed 252 that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel.
29:25 King Hezekiah 253 stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, 254 and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) 29:26 The Levites had 255 David’s musical instruments and the priests had trumpets. 29:27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel. 29:28 The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed.
29:29 When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped. 29:30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord, using the psalms 256 of David and Asaph the prophet. 257 So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped. 29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves 258 to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings 259 to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so 260 brought burnt sacrifices.
29:32 The assembly brought a total of 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs as burnt sacrifices to the Lord, 261 29:33 and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep 262 were consecrated. 29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, 263 so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) 264 29:35 There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. 265 29:36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done 266 for them, 267 for it had been done quickly. 268
[22:1] 1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[22:1] 2 tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”
[22:2] 3 tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some
[22:2] 4 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
[22:3] 5 tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”
[22:3] 6 tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”
[22:4] 7 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[22:4] 8 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
[22:5] 9 sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.
[22:5] 10 tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).
[22:6] 11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[22:6] 12 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
[22:6] 13 tc Most Hebrew
[22:6] 14 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
[22:7] 15 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
[22:7] 16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[22:7] 18 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
[22:9] 19 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[22:9] 21 tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”
[22:10] 22 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
[22:10] 23 tn Heb “house of Judah.”
[22:11] 24 sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).
[22:11] 25 tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[22:12] 27 tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”
[23:2] 29 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[23:3] 30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[23:5] 31 tn Heb “all the people.”
[23:7] 33 tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”
[23:8] 34 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
[23:9] 35 tn The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).
[23:10] 36 tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
[23:11] 37 tn The Hebrew word עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain (see the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings [AB], 128). Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant (see HALOT 790-91 s.v.).
[23:11] 38 tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”
[23:12] 39 tn Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”
[23:12] 40 tn Heb “she came to the people.”
[23:13] 41 tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”
[23:13] 42 tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
[23:14] 44 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the
[23:15] 45 tn Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went through the entrance of the gate of the horses [into] the house of the king.” Some English versions treat the phrase “gate of the horses” as the name of the gate (“the Horse Gate”; e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
[23:16] 46 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the
[23:18] 49 tn Heb “as it is written in.”
[23:21] 51 tn Heb “killed Athaliah with the sword.”
[24:1] 52 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[24:2] 53 tn Heb “and Joash did what was proper in the eyes of the
[24:2] 54 tn Heb “all the days of.”
[24:4] 55 tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the
[24:6] 56 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
[24:6] 59 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
[24:8] 60 tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the
[24:9] 61 tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the
[24:12] 62 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
[24:13] 63 tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.”
[24:13] 64 tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.”
[24:15] 65 tn Heb “and Jehoiada grew old and was full of days and died; [he was] one hundred thirty years old when he died.”
[24:16] 66 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[24:17] 67 tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”
[24:18] 69 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
[24:19] 71 tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the
[24:19] 72 tn Heb “testified among.”
[24:22] 74 tn Heb “did not remember.”
[24:22] 75 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:22] 76 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:22] 77 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
[24:23] 79 tn Heb “went up against.”
[24:23] 80 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:24] 81 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
[24:24] 82 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:24] 83 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:24] 84 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
[24:25] 85 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:25] 86 tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”
[24:25] 87 tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.
[24:25] 88 tn Heb “and he died.”
[24:25] 89 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[24:27] 90 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:27] 91 tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”
[25:1] 92 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[25:2] 93 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
[25:2] 94 tn Heb “a complete heart.”
[25:3] 95 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”
[25:3] 96 tn Heb “he killed his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”
[25:4] 97 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
[25:4] 98 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
[25:4] 99 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
[25:4] 100 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
[25:5] 101 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.
[25:5] 102 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”
[25:5] 103 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”
[25:6] 104 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).
[25:7] 105 tn Heb “man of God.”
[25:7] 106 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”
[25:8] 107 tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”
[25:8] 108 tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”
[25:9] 109 tn Heb “said to the man of God.”
[25:9] 110 tn Heb “man of God.”
[25:10] 111 tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”
[25:11] 112 tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”
[25:11] 113 tn Or “struck down.”
[25:11] 114 tn Heb “sons of Seir.”
[25:12] 116 tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”
[25:12] 117 tn Heb “all of them.”
[25:12] 118 tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”
[25:13] 119 tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”
[25:13] 120 tn Heb “stripped.”
[25:13] 121 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[25:13] 122 tn Heb “struck down.”
[25:14] 124 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”
[25:15] 125 tn Heb “seeking,” perhaps in the sense of “consulting [an oracle from].”
[25:15] 126 tn Heb “the gods of the people.”
[25:16] 128 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[25:16] 129 tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”
[25:16] 130 tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”
[25:17] 131 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[25:17] 132 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21.
[25:18] 133 sn The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he was not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
[25:19] 134 tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”
[25:19] 135 tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”
[25:19] 136 tn Heb “to glorify.”
[25:19] 137 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”
[25:20] 138 tn Heb “did not listen.”
[25:20] 139 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”
[25:21] 140 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17.
[25:22] 141 tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”
[25:23] 142 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).
[25:26] 143 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, the former and the latter, are they not – behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
[25:27] 144 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
[25:27] 145 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
[25:28] 146 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
[25:28] 148 tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval
[25:28] sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[26:1] 149 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
[26:2] 150 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[26:2] 151 tn Heb “after the king”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[26:2] 152 tn “slept with his fathers.”
[26:3] 153 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[26:4] 154 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
[26:5] 156 tn Heb “in the days of.”
[26:5] 157 tn Heb “in the days of his seeking.”
[26:6] 159 tn Heb “went out and fought.”
[26:6] 160 tn Heb “in Ashdod and among the Philistines.”
[26:7] 161 tn The words “in his campaigns” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons
[26:8] 162 tn Heb “and his name went to.”
[26:9] 163 tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoa’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.
[26:10] 164 tn Heb “Shephelah.”
[26:10] 165 tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[26:10] 166 tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”
[26:15] 168 tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”
[26:16] 169 tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”
[26:16] 170 tn Or “was unfaithful to.”
[26:18] 171 tn Heb “stood against.”
[26:18] 172 tn Or “been unfaithful.”
[26:19] 174 tn Traditionally “leprosy,” but this was probably a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy (technically known today as Hansen’s disease). See 2 Kgs 5:1.
[26:20] 175 tn Heb “turned toward.”
[26:20] 176 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[26:21] 177 tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.
[26:22] 178 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Uzziah, the former and the latter, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, recorded.”
[26:23] 179 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[26:23] 181 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
[26:23] 182 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
[27:1] 183 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[27:2] 184 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
[27:2] 185 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
[27:3] 186 tn Heb “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.
[27:5] 187 tn Heb “he fought with.”
[27:5] 188 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).
[27:5] 189 sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).
[27:5] 190 tn Heb “10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 of barley.” The unit of measure of the barley is omitted in the Hebrew text, but is understood to be “kors,” the same as the measures of wheat.
[27:5] 191 tn Heb “This the sons of Ammon brought to him, and in the second year and the third.”
[27:6] 192 tn Heb “because he established his ways before the
[27:7] 193 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jotham, and his battles and his ways, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.”
[27:9] 194 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[27:9] 195 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[28:1] 196 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[28:1] 197 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the
[28:2] 198 tn Heb “he walked in the ways of.”
[28:3] 199 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
[28:3] 200 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
[28:5] 201 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[28:5] 202 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
[28:5] 203 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”
[28:6] 204 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).
[28:8] 205 tn Heb “the loot.” The pronoun (“it”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
[28:8] 206 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[28:9] 207 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
[28:10] 209 tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”
[28:11] 211 tn Heb “for the rage of the anger of the
[28:12] 212 tn Heb “men from.”
[28:12] 213 tn Heb “arose against.”
[28:13] 214 tn Heb “for to the guilt of the
[28:13] 215 tn Heb “for great is [the] guilt to us and rage of anger is upon Israel.”
[28:15] 216 tn Heb “and the men who were designated by names arose and took the captives and all their naked ones they clothed from the loot.”
[28:15] 217 tn Heb “and poured oil on them.”
[28:15] 218 tn Heb “and they led them on donkeys, with respect to everyone stumbling.”
[28:15] 219 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
[28:16] 220 tc Most Hebrew
[28:18] 221 tn Heb “Shephelah.”
[28:19] 223 sn That is, “of Judah.” Frequently in 2 Chronicles “Israel” is substituted for “Judah.”
[28:19] 224 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the degree of Ahaz’s unfaithfulness.
[28:20] 225 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.
[28:20] 226 tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”
[28:21] 227 tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).
[28:23] 228 tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.
[28:26] 230 tn Heb “As for the rest of his events, and all his ways, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
[28:27] 231 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[28:27] 232 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[29:1] 233 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[29:1] 234 tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
[29:2] 235 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
[29:6] 237 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[29:6] 238 tn Heb “turned their faces.”
[29:6] 239 tn Heb “and turned the back.”
[29:8] 240 tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”
[29:9] 241 tn Heb “fell by the sword.”
[29:9] 242 tn Heb “are in captivity.”
[29:10] 243 tn Heb “now it is with my heart.”
[29:10] 244 tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding statement of intention.
[29:11] 245 tn Heb “to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and sacrificers.”
[29:12] 246 tn Heb “and the Levites arose.”
[29:15] 247 tn Heb “words” (plural).
[29:16] 248 tn Heb “in the temple of the
[29:17] 249 tn Heb “porch of the
[29:21] 250 sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.
[29:21] 251 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[29:25] 253 tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[29:26] 255 tn Heb “stood with” (i.e., stood holding).
[29:30] 256 tn Heb “with the words.”
[29:31] 258 tn Heb “filled your hand.”
[29:31] 259 tn Or “tokens of thanks.”
[29:31] 260 tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”
[29:32] 261 tn Heb “and the number of burnt sacrifices which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs; for a burnt sacrifice to the
[29:33] 262 tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but there is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.
[29:34] 263 tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”
[29:34] 264 tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
[29:35] 265 tn Or “established.”
[29:36] 266 tn Heb “prepared.”
[29:36] 267 tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
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