10:12a Then Jehu set out toward Samaria.

Then Jehu left Jezreel and went/traveled toward Samaria.

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Then Jehu started to go to Samaria city.

10:12b At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

⌊On the way,⌋ at Beth-Eked, the shepherds’ ⌊house/camp⌋ ,

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⌊Jehu reached the place known as⌋ the Shepherds’ Shelter.

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12:19a As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments,

Everything else that took place when Joash ruled in Israel, and all that he did/achieved,

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Many other events took place while Joash was king, and he did/accomplished much.

12:19b are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

is written down in the book/scroll of the records of the kings who ruled Judah.

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People recorded all these events in the book called “History of the Kings of Judah.”

12:19a-b (reordered)

People wrote down all that Joash did as king of Judah, and all the other events of those years, in a book called “History of the Kings of Judah.”

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14:5a As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp,

When Amaziah was in firm/complete control of the kingdom/nation,

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Amaziah made his position as king secure/stable.

14:5b Amaziah executed the servants

The names of these two officials are recorded in 2 Kings 12:21.

he ⌊had his men⌋ kill the court officials

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Then he/Amaziah ⌊had his guards⌋ put to death the ⌊two⌋ royal officers

14:5c who had murdered his father the king.

who had assassinated his father the king ⌊of Judah⌋ .

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who were the murderers/assassins of the ⌊previous⌋ king, his father.

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15:8a In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah,

In the thirty-eighth year of Uzziah’s ⌊reign⌋ over Judah,

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Thirty-eight (38) years after Uzziah had become king of Judah,

15:8b Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel,

Zechariah son of Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He reigned/ruled from ⌊the city of⌋ Samaria

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Jeroboam’s son Zechariah began to reign/rule over Israel from ⌊his capital city⌋ Samaria.

15:8c and he reigned in Samaria six months.

for six months.

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He reigned/ruled for half a year.

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16:2a Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king,

At the time he became king, Ahaz was twenty years old.

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Ahaz started to rule ⌊Judah⌋ at the age of twenty.

16:2b and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.

He ruled as king in ⌊the city of⌋ Jerusalem for sixteen years.

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He ruled ⌊Judah⌋ for sixteen years. Jerusalem was his capital/chief city.

16:2c And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

Ahaz did not act like David his ancestor. He/Ahaz did not do what was good in the sight of Yahweh his God.

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He acted very differently from his ancestor ⌊King⌋ David. He did not act in a way that was pleasing/acceptable to Yahweh his God.

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Ahaz did things that displeased Yahweh the God of his ⌊people⌋ . He did not follow the ⌊good⌋ example of his forefather/predecessor David.

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17:14a But they would not listen,

But the people would not obey.

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But the people of Israel refused to pay attention ⌊to Yahweh⌋ .

17:14b and they stiffened their necks like their fathers,

They were obstinate, just like their ancestors,

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Instead they were stubborn, just as their forefathers had been.

17:14c who did not believe the LORD their God.

who had refused to trust in Yahweh their God.

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Like them, they did not believe in Yahweh their God.

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18:5a Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel.

It was in Yahweh, the God of Israel, that Hezekiah trusted.

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Hezekiah put his trust/confidence in Yahweh, the God of Israel.

18:5b No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

Among all the kings of Judah before him and after him, there was none like him.

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There was no king who ruled Judah before or after him ⌊as devoted to Yahweh⌋ as he was.

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