The author’s judgment on Ahaziah is similar in language to the judgment made on earlier kings of Israel in 1 Kgs 15.26; 16.2, 19, 26. The vocabulary used to evaluate this king is like that used in the earlier cases.

Since this is a summary of Ahaziah’s reign, Good News Translation identifies by name his father (Ahab) and his mother (Jezebel). It may be helpful to do this in other languages (so Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje).

Jeroboam has already been identified as the son of Nebat (1 Kgs 11.26 and several times in chapters 12, 15, 16, and 21), so Good News Translation omits the words the son of Nebat (also Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch). But since this is the first reference to Jeroboam in this chapter, translators may wish to include the full form of his name here.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Kings, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .