2 Kings 17:35
17:35 The
Lord made an agreement
1 with them
2 and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.
2 Kings 17:37
17:37 You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.
2 Kings 18:5
18:5 He trusted in the
Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
3
2 Kings 18:35
18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the
Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”
4
2 Kings 19:16
19:16 Pay attention,
Lord, and hear! Open your eyes,
Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!
5
2 Kings 23:21
23:21 The king ordered all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant.”
1 tn Or “covenant.”
2 sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).
3 tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.”
5 tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?
7 tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”