2 Tawarikh 34:27-28

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ¹  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord. 34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ²  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

2 Tawarikh 34:1

Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 21:29

21:29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and ⁴  they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

² tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁴ tn Grk “whom.”

⁵ tn On the phrase “inner temple courts” see the note on the word “temple” in v. 28.

sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. The note explains the cause of the charge and also notes that it was false.