2 Kings 3:23

3:23 The Moabites 1  said, “It’s blood! The kings are totally destroyed! 2  They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!”

2 Kings 4:43

4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” 3  He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” 4 

2 Kings 11:5

11:5 He ordered them, “This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.

2 Kings 19:21

19:21 This is what the Lord says about him: 5 

“The virgin daughter Zion 6 

despises you, she makes fun of you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head after you. 7 

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

2 tn The translation assumes the verb is חָרַב (kharav, “to be desolate”). The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb form for emphasis. (For another example of the Hophal infinitive with a Niphal finite verb, see Lev 19:20. Cf. also IBHS 582 §35.2.1c.) Some prefer to derive the verb from a proposed homonym meaning “at HALOT 349 s.v. II חרב and BDB 352 s.v. חָרְבָה).

3 tn Heb “How can I set this before a hundred men?”

4 tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.

5 tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

6 sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.

7 sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.