2 Kings 4:23

4:23 He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon ¹  or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.” ² 

2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! ³  Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 14:8

14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.” ⁴ 

2 Kings 15:13

15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s ⁵  reign over Judah. He reigned for one month ⁶  in Samaria.

2 Kings 15:19

15:19 Pul ⁷  king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid ⁸  him ⁹  a thousand talents ¹⁰  of silver to gain his support ¹¹  and to solidify his control of the kingdom. ¹² 

2 Kings 25:16

25:16 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” ¹³  and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed.

¹ sn The new moon was a time of sacrifice and special feasts (Num 28:14; 1 Sam 20:5). Apparently it was a convenient time to visit a prophet. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

² tn Heb “peace.”

³ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁵ tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.

⁷ sn Azariah was also known by the name Uzziah.

⁸ tn Heb “a month of days.”

⁹ sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72.

¹⁰ tn Heb “gave.”

¹¹ tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.”

¹³ tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.”

¹¹ tc The MT lacks “the twelve bronze bulls under ‘the Sea,’” but these words have probably been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton. The scribe’s eye may have jumped from the וְהָ (vÿha-) on וְהַבָּקָר (vÿhabbaqar), “and the bulls,” to the וְהָ on וְהַמְּכֹנוֹת (vÿhammÿkhonot), “and the movable stands,” causing him to leave out the intervening words. See the parallel passage in Jer 52:20.