1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
3tnHeb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which David his father had done.”
4tnHeb “fathers.”
5tnHeb “in the eyes of.”
6tnHeb “turned their faces.”
7tnHeb “and turned the back.”
8tnHeb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”
9tnHeb “fell by the sword.”
10tnHeb “are in captivity.”
11tnHeb “now it is with my heart.”
12tnHeb “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.
13tnHeb “to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and sacrificers.”
14tnHeb “and the Levites arose.”
15tnHeb “words” (plural).
16tnHeb “in the temple of the Lord.”
17tnHeb “porch of the Lord.”
18sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.
19tnHeb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20tnHeb “said.”
21tnHeb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
22tn Or “seer.”
23tnHeb “stood with” (i.e., stood holding).
24tnHeb “with the words.”
25tn Or “seer.”
26tnHeb “filled your hand.”
27tn Or “tokens of thanks.”
28tnHeb “and all who were willing of heart.”
29tnHeb “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 Lord were all these.”
30tn 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.
31tnHeb “the burnt sacrifices.”
32tnHeb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
33tn Or “established.”
34tnHeb “prepared.”
35tnHeb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.