2 Kings 2:24

2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. ¹  Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

2 Kings 8:26

8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. ²  His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ³  of King Omri of Israel.

2 Kings 12:1

12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Kings 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁵  His mother ⁶  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:27

14:27 The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory ⁷  from under heaven, ⁸  so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ⁹  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:33

15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Kings 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  His mother ¹²  was Abi, ¹³  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 21:1

Manasseh’s Reign over Judah

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹⁴  His mother ¹⁵  was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 21:19

Amon’s Reign over Judah

21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁶  His mother ¹⁷  was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  His mother ¹⁹  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Kings 23:31

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah

23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ²⁰  His mother ²¹  was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah

23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ²²  His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

2 Kings 24:8

Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah

24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ²³  His mother ²⁴  was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. ²⁵  His mother ²⁶  was Hamutal, ²⁷  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

¹ tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the Lord.” A curse was a formal appeal to a higher authority (here the Lord) to vindicate one’s cause through judgment. As in chapter one, this account makes it clear that disrespect for the Lord’s designated spokesmen can be deadly, for it is ultimately rejection of the Lord’s authority.

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³ tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.

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⁵ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁵ tn Heb “name.”

⁶ tn The phrase “from under heaven” adds emphasis to the verb “blot out” and suggest total annihilation. For other examples of the verb מָחָה (makhah), “blot out,” combined with “from under heaven,” see Exod 17:14; Deut 9:14; 25:19; 29:20.

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⁹ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

¹⁰ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

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¹⁰ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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¹¹ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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¹² tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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¹³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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¹⁵ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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¹⁶ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

¹⁷ tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”