translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”


text: Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “after the king”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: “slept with his fathers.”


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord , according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”


text: Heb “sought.”


text: Heb “in the days of.”


text: Heb “in the days of his seeking.”


text: Or “prosper.”


text: Heb “went out and fought.”


text: Heb “in Ashdod and among the Philistines.”


text: The words “in his campaigns” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons


text: Heb “and his name went to.”


text: On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ ( miqtsoa ’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ ( וֹ ) מִקְצֹ . The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.


text: Heb “Shephelah.”


text: Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”


text: Heb “help.”


text: Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”


text: Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”


text: Or “was unfaithful to.”


text: Heb “stood against.”


text: Or “been unfaithful.”


text: Heb “angry.”


text: Traditionally “leprosy,” but this was probably a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy (technically known today as Hansen’s disease). See 2 Kgs 5:1 .


text: Heb “turned toward.”


text: The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית ( bet hakhafshiyt , “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.


text: Heb “As for the rest of the events of Uzziah, the former and the latter, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, recorded.”


text: Heb “lay down with his fathers.”


text: Heb “fathers.”


text: Heb “a field of burial.”


text: Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”