14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 2 he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 3
1 tn Heb “was given.”
2 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure in his hand.”
3 tn Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”
3 tn Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”
4 tn The MT has simply “of the month,” but the parallel passage in Jer 52:6 has “fourth month,” and this is followed by almost all English translations. The word “fourth,” however, is not actually present in the MT of 2 Kgs 25:3.
5 tn Heb “the people of the land.”