2 Kings 15:3-4

15:3 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹  15:4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

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. ²  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 1:4-5

1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.

1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, ³  he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Kings 1:2

1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria ⁴  and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, ⁵  “Go, ask ⁶  Baal Zebub, ⁷  the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

¹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “to him.”

⁴ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁵ tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”

⁶ tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”

⁷ sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.