2 Kings 6:13-14

6:13 The king ¹  ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” ²  The king was told, “He is in Dothan.” 6:14 So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. ³  They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

2 Kings 6:1

Elisha Makes an Ax Head Float

6:1 Some of the prophets ⁴  said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you ⁵  is too cramped ⁶  for us.

2 Kings 18:4

18:4 He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. ⁷  He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time ⁸  the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. ⁹ 

2 Kings 18:10

18:10 After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured.

2 Kings 19:2

19:2 He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, ¹⁰  clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

2 Kings 22:8

22:8 Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  His mother ¹²  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother ¹⁴  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

Matthew 14:3

14:3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, ¹⁵  and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

¹ tn Heb “he” (also a second time in this verse); the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “Go and see where he [is] so I can send and take him.”

³ tn Heb “heavy force.”

⁴ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

⁵ tn Heb “sit before you.”

⁶ tn Heb “narrow, tight.”

⁷ tn The term is singular in the MT but plural in the LXX and other ancient versions. It is also possible to regard the singular as a collective singular, especially in the context of other plural items.

⁸ tn Heb “until those days.”

⁹ tn In Hebrew the name sounds like the phrase נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת (nÿkhash hannÿkhoshet), “bronze serpent.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “elders of the priests.”

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹² tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

¹³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

¹⁵ tc ‡ Most witnesses (א² C D L W Z Θ 0106 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read αὐτόν (auton, “him”) here as a way of clarifying the direct object; various important witnesses lack the word, however (א* B 700 pc ff¹ h q). The original wording most likely lacked it, but it has been included here due to English style. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.