2 Kings 17:19

17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example. ¹ 

2 Kings 9:14

9:14 Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.

Jehu the Assassin

Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, ²  guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.

2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. ³  He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. ⁴ 

2 Kings 12:21

12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. ⁵  He was buried ⁶  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 22:14

22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. ⁷  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ⁸  district.) They stated their business, ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “they walked in the practices of Israel which they did.”

² tn Heb “he and all Israel.”

³ tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

⁴ tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”

⁵ tn Heb “they buried him.”

⁵ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

⁶ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

⁷ tn Heb “and they spoke to her.”