2 Kings 3:3

3:3 Yet he persisted in ¹  the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them. ² 

2 Kings 4:14

4:14 So he asked Gehazi, ³  “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

2 Kings 19:30

19:30 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ⁴ 

2 Kings 20:4

20:4 Isaiah was still in the middle courtyard when the Lord told him, ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “held tight,” or “clung to.”

² tc The Hebrew text has the singular, “it.” Some ancient witnesses read the plural, which seems preferable since the antecedent (“sins”) is plural. Another option is to emend the plural “sins” to a singular. One ancient Greek witness has the singular “sin.”

³ tn Heb “and he said.”

⁵ tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

⁷ tc Heb “and Isaiah had not gone out of the middle courtyard, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.” Instead of “courtyard” (חָצֵר, khatser), the marginal reading, (Qere), the Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has הָעִיר (ha’ir), “the city.”