2 Raja-raja 8:17

8:17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 13:10

Jehoash’s Reign over Israel

13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ²  for sixteen years.

2 Raja-raja 15:8

Zechariah’s Reign over Israel

15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ³  for six months.

2 Raja-raja 15:13

15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s ⁴  reign over Judah. He reigned for one month ⁵  in Samaria.

2 Raja-raja 15:17

Menahem’s Reign over Israel

15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria. ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ⁷  His mother ⁸  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Raja-raja 25:27

Jehoiachin in Babylon

25:27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh ⁹  day of the twelfth month, ¹⁰  King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned ¹¹  King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him ¹²  from prison.

2 Raja-raja 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. ¹³  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” ¹⁴  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents ¹⁵  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

[8:17]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:10]  ² map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[15:8]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[15:13]  ⁴ sn Azariah was also known by the name Uzziah.

[15:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “a month of days.”

[15:17]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[25:27]  ⁹ sn The parallel account in Jer 52:31 has “twenty-fifth.”

[25:27]  ¹⁰ sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”

[25:27]  ¹² tn The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.

[18:14]  ¹³ tn Or “I have done wrong.”

[18:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

[18:14]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “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 to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.