2 Kings 1:7

1:7 The king ¹  asked them, “Describe the appearance ²  of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”

2 Kings 3:10

3:10 The king of Israel said, “Oh no! ³  Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”

2 Kings 4:4

4:4 Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; ⁴  set aside each one when you have filled it.”

2 Kings 25:16

25:16 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” ⁵  and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “What was the manner…?”

³ tn Or “ah.”

⁵ tn Heb “all these vessels.”

⁷ tc The MT lacks “the twelve bronze bulls under ‘the Sea,’” but these words have probably been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton. The scribe’s eye may have jumped from the וְהָ (vÿha-) on וְהַבָּקָר (vÿhabbaqar), “and the bulls,” to the וְהָ on וְהַמְּכֹנוֹת (vÿhammÿkhonot), “and the movable stands,” causing him to leave out the intervening words. See the parallel passage in Jer 52:20.