2 Kings 17:38

17:38 You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

2 Kings 1:11

1:11 The king ¹  sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, ²  “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” ³ 

2 Kings 6:29

6:29 So we boiled my son and ate him. Then I said to her the next day, ‘Hand over your son and we’ll eat him.’ But she hid her son!”

2 Kings 17:35

17:35 The Lord made an agreement ⁴  with them ⁵  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 22:17

22:17 This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices ⁶  to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. ⁷  My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”

2 Kings 5:17

5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, ⁸  for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. ⁹ 

2 Kings 7:8

7:8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. ¹⁰  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ¹¹  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ¹²  and went and hid what they had taken.

2 Kings 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of ¹³  Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped ¹⁴  other gods;

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayya’an) is probably a corruption of “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayya’al). See v. 9.

³ sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.

¹ tn Or “covenant.”

² sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).

¹ tn Or “burned incense.”

² tn Heb “angering me with all the work of their hands.” The translation assumes that this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the preceding reference to “other gods,” as well as 19:18). However, it is possible that this is a general reference to their sinful practices, in which case one might translate, “angering me by all the things they do.”

¹ tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

² tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

¹ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

² tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

³ tn Heb “and they took from there.”

¹ tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “feared.”