2 Kings 4:10

4:10 Let’s make a small private upper room ¹  and furnish it with ²  a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”

2 Kings 10:3

10:3 pick the best and most capable ³  of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend ⁴  your master’s dynasty.”

2 Kings 13:13

13:13 Joash passed away ⁵  and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. ⁶  Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 15:12

15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, ⁷  “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ⁸  That is exactly what happened. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “a small upper room of a wall”; according to HALOT 832 s.v. עֲלִיָּה, this refers to “a fully walled upper room.”

² tn Heb “and let’s put there for him.”

³ tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.

⁴ tn Or “fight for.”

⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁶ tn Heb “sat on his throne.”

⁷ tn Heb “It was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying.”

⁸ tn “sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

⁹ tn Heb “and it was so.”