2 Kings 19:7

19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ¹  he will receive ²  a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ³  with a sword in his own land.”’”

2 Kings 21:12

21:12 So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it. ⁴ 

2 Kings 20:5

20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow ⁵  you will go up to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 22:16

22:16 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read. ⁶ 

2 Kings 22:20

22:20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ⁷  You will not have to witness ⁸  all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

¹ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

² tn Heb “hear.”

³ tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”

⁴ tn Heb “so that everyone who hears it, his two ears will quiver.”

⁷ tn Heb “on the third day.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”

¹³ tn Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “your eyes will not see.”