2 Kings 1:3

1:3 But the Lord’s angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.¹

2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king² sent a captain and his fifty soldiers³ to retrieve Elijah.⁴ The captain⁵ went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill.⁶ He told him, “Prophet,⁷ the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 1:13

1:13 The king⁸ sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell⁹ on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

2 Kings 3:7

3:7 He sent¹⁰ this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?” Jehoshaphat¹¹ replied, “I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal.”¹²

2 Kings 3:27

3:27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel,¹³ so they broke off the attack¹⁴ and returned to their homeland.

2 Kings 4:34-35

4:34 He got up on the bed and spread his body out over¹⁵ the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s¹⁶ mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin¹⁷ grew warm. 4:35 Elisha¹⁸ went back and walked around in the house.¹⁹ Then he got up on the bed again²⁰ and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

2 Kings 12:4

12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal²¹ all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax,²² the silver received from those who have made vows,²³ and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.²⁴

2 Kings 12:10

12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary²⁵ and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up.²⁶

2 Kings 16:7

16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent.²⁷ March up and rescue me from the power²⁸ of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked²⁹ me.”

2 Kings 17:4

17:4 The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt.³⁰ Hoshea had sent messengers to King So³¹ of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.³²

2 Kings 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of³³ Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped³⁴ other gods;

2 Kings 17:36

17:36 Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability;³⁵ bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.

2 Kings 18:9

18:9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched³⁶ up against Samaria³⁷ and besieged it.

2 Kings 19:23

19:23 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master,³⁸

‘With my many chariots³⁹

I climbed up the high mountains,

the slopes of Lebanon.

I cut down its tall cedars,

and its best evergreens.

I invaded its most remote regions,⁴⁰

its thickest woods.

2 Kings 20:5

20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow⁴¹ you will go up to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 23:2

23:2 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud⁴² all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward⁴³ the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho⁴⁴ killed him at Megiddo⁴⁵ when he saw him.

¹tn Heb “Is it because there is no God in Israel [that] you are going to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?” The translation seeks to bring out the sarcastic tone of the rhetorical question.

²tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

⁴tn Heb “to him.”

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

⁷tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

³tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”

⁴tn Heb “went and sent.”

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoshaphat) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Heb “I will go up – like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”

⁵tn Heb “there was great anger against Israel.”

⁶tn Heb “they departed from him.”

⁶tn Heb “he went up and lay down over.”

⁷tn Heb “his” (also in the next two clauses).

⁸tn Or perhaps, “body”; Heb “flesh.”

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and he returned and went into the house, once here and once there.”

⁹tn Heb “and he went up.”

⁸tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.

⁹tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

¹⁰tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

¹¹tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”

⁹tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”

¹⁰tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

¹⁰tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-pileser’s subject.

¹¹tn Heb “hand, palm.”

¹²tn Heb “who have arisen against.”

¹¹tn Heb “and the king of Assyria found in Hoshea conspiracy.”

¹²sn For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196.

¹³tn Heb “and bound him in the house of confinement.”

¹²tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³tn Heb “feared.”

¹³tn Heb “and outstretched arm.”

¹⁴tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).

¹⁵map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁵tn The word is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai), “lord,” but some Hebrew mss have יְהוָה (yehvah), “Lord.”

¹⁶tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has בְּרֶכֶב (bÿrekhev), but this must be dittographic (note the following רִכְבִּי [rikhbi], “my chariots”). The marginal reading (Qere) בְּרֹב (bÿrov), “with many,” is supported by many Hebrew mss and ancient versions, as well as the parallel passage in Isa 37:24.

¹⁷tn Heb “the lodging place of its extremity.”

¹⁶tn Heb “on the third day.”

¹⁷tn Heb “read in their ears.”

¹⁸tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

¹⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.