2 Kings 12:12

12:12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses. ¹ 

2 Kings 21:8

21:8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, ²  provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey.”

2 Kings 23:5

23:5 He eliminated ³  the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices ⁴  on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices ⁵  to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ⁶  and the guards ⁷  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ⁸  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ⁹  The king ¹⁰  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ¹¹  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”

² tn Heb “I will not again make the feet of Israel wander from the land which I gave to their fathers.”

³ tn Perhaps, “destroyed.”

⁴ tn Or “burn incense.”

⁵ tn Or “burned incense.”

⁴ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

⁵ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

⁶ tn Heb “for.”

⁷ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

¹⁰ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.