2 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all ¹  to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew ²  from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were ³  in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute ⁴  to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 16:1

Ahaz’s Reign over Judah

16:1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah.

2 Kings 15:15

15:15 The rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, including the conspiracy he organized, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ⁵ 

2 Kings 15:18-19

15:18 He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord; he did not repudiate ⁷  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. ⁸ 

During his reign, 15:19 Pul ⁹  king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid ¹⁰  him ¹¹  a thousand talents ¹²  of silver to gain his support ¹³  and to solidify his control of the kingdom. ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁵  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 16:2

16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁶  He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹⁷ 

¹ tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “went up.”

³ tn Heb “that was found.”

⁴ tn Or “bribe money.”

⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he conspired, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁷ tn Heb “turn away from.”

⁸ tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְיֹמָיו (bÿyomav), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.

⁹ sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72.

¹⁰ tn Heb “gave.”

¹¹ tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.”

¹³ tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.”

¹⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

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¹⁷ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”