2 Kings 7:9

7:9 Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. ¹  If we wait until dawn, ²  we’ll be punished. ³  So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

2 Kings 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ⁴  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁵  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Kings 19:3

19:3 “This is what Hezekiah says: ⁶  ‘This is a day of distress, insults, ⁷  and humiliation, ⁸  as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “this day is a day of good news and we are keeping silent.”

² tn Heb “the light of the morning.”

³ tn Heb “punishment will find us.”

⁴ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

⁵ tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

⁷ tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him.”

⁸ tn Or “rebuke,” “correction.”

⁹ tn Or “contempt.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”