2 Raja-raja 18:33

18:33 Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ²  His mother ³  was Abi, ⁴  the daughter of Zechariah.

1 Tawarikh 1:17

Shem’s Descendants

1:17 The sons of Shem:

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

The sons of Aram: ⁵ 

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ⁶ 

[18:33]  ¹ tn Heb “Have the gods of the nations really rescued, each his land, from the hand of the king of Assyria?” The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the main verb. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not!”

[18:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:2]  ³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[18:2]  ⁴ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

[1:17]  ⁵ tc The words “the sons of Aram” do not appear in the Hebrew text. Apparently the phrase וּבְנֵי אֲרָם (uvÿney ’aram) has accidentally dropped out of the text by homoioteleuton (note the presence of אֲרָם just before this). The phrase is included in Gen 10:23.

[1:17]  ⁶ tc The MT of the parallel geneaology in Gen 10:23 reads “Mash,” but the LXX there reads “Meshech” in agreement with 1 Chr 1:17.