12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked 4 Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. 5
17:18 So the Lord was furious 6 with Israel and rejected them; 7 only the tribe of Judah was left.
24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. 9 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.
5 tn Heb “went up and fought against.”
6 tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”
7 tn Heb “very angry.”
8 tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”
9 tn Heb “Certainly according to the word of the
11 tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the