2 Kings 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. ¹  The king ²  sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, ³  Elisha ⁴  said to the leaders, ⁵  “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” ⁶  Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” ⁷ 

2 Kings 13:13

13:13 Joash passed away ⁸  and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. ⁹  Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 14:21

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Kings 17:31

17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, ¹⁰  and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, ¹¹  the gods of Sepharvaim.

2 Kings 21:5

21:5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

¹ tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “elders.”

⁶ tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

⁷ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

⁸ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “sat on his throne.”

¹⁵ sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.

¹⁶ sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.