2 Tawarikh 17:1

Jehoshaphat Becomes King

17:1 His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. ¹ 

2 Tawarikh 17:12

17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

2 Tawarikh 24:3

24:3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

2 Tawarikh 25:2-3

25:2 He did what the Lord approved, ²  but not with wholehearted devotion. ³ 

25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, ⁴  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 25:6

25:6 He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents ⁶  of silver.

2 Tawarikh 26:4

26:4 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ⁷ 

[17:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and strengthened himself over Israel.”

[25:2]  ² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[25:2]  ³ tn Heb “a complete heart.”

[25:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”

[25:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “he killed his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”

[25:6]  ⁶ 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).

[26:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”