2 Kings 2:21

2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified¹ this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.”²

2 Kings 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated³ you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!”⁴

2 Kings 9:6

9:6 So Jehu⁵ got up and went inside. Then the prophet⁶ poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord’s people Israel.

2 Kings 9:18-19

9:18 So the horseman⁷ went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’”⁸ Jehu replied, “None of your business!⁹ Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them¹⁰ and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’”¹¹ Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

2 Kings 18:19

18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence?¹²

2 Kings 18:31

18:31 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me.¹³ Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

2 Kings 19:3

19:3 “This is what Hezekiah says:¹⁴ ‘This is a day of distress, insults,¹⁵ and humiliation,¹⁶ as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.¹⁷

2 Kings 19:10

19:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over¹⁸ to the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 19:20

19:20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria.¹⁹

2 Kings 19:32

19:32 So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

“He will not enter this city,

nor will he shoot an arrow here.²⁰

He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors,²¹

nor will he build siege works against it.

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness.²² The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”²³

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 tomorrow²⁴ 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.²⁵

¹tn Or “healed.”

²tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”

³tn Heb “anointed.”

⁴tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

⁸tn Heb “Is there peace?”

⁹tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

⁹tn Heb “and he came to them.”

¹⁰tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.

¹¹tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

¹³tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”

¹⁵tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him.”

¹⁶tn Or “rebuke,” “correction.”

¹⁷tn Or “contempt.”

¹⁸tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”

¹⁷tn Heb “will not be given.”

¹⁹tn Heb “That which you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” The verb “I have heard” does not appear in the parallel passage in Isa 37:21, where אֲשֶׁר (’asher) probably has a causal sense, “because.”

²¹tn Heb “there.”

²²tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.

²³tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

²⁴tn Heb “will not live.”

²⁵tn Heb “on the third day.”

²⁷tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”