2 Chronicles 29 Footnotes

29:1 Hezekiah ruled from 715–686 BC. Although the material in 2Kg 18–20 was substantially the same size as that given to Hezekiah here, the two accounts overlap one another very little.

29:2 The Chronicler wrote more about Hezekiah than any other king except David or Solomon. But unlike the books of Kings, in which Hezekiah’s religious reforms are handled in one verse, the Chronicler devoted three chapters (chaps. 29–31) to them.

29:16 The “Kidron Valley” was a burial place, and so the proper place for the “detestable things.” According to Mosaic law, corpses were unclean (Lv 22:4; Nm 19:13).