5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman 2 came and stood before him. He said, “For sure 3 I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”
1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. 6
17:24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners 7 from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria 8 in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn 9 and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
1 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “look.”
4 tn Heb “said to him.”
5 tn Heb “Is it because there is no God in Israel [that] you are sending to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?” The translation seeks to bring out the sarcastic tone of the rhetorical question. In v. 3 the messengers are addressed (in the phrase “you are on your way” the second person plural pronoun is used in Hebrew), but here the king is addressed (in the phrase “you are sending” the second person singular pronoun is used).
6 sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.
7 tn The object is supplied in the translation.
8 sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.
9 sn As a sign of grief and mourning.