1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2tnHeb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”
3tcHeb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac.
4tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
5tnHeb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”
6tnHeb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”
7tnHeb “in the eyes of.”
8tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
9snJehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.
10tnHeb “Aram” (also in v. 6).
11tnHeb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12tnHeb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
13tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).
14tnHeb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
15tnHeb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
16tnHeb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17tnHeb “anointed.”
18tnHeb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
19map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
20tnHeb “they said.”
21tnHeb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”
22tnHeb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
23tnHeb “house of Judah.”
24snJehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).
25tnHeb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
26tnHeb “stole.”
27tnHeb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”