2 Kings 8:15

8:15 The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 9:32

9:32 He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

2 Kings 12:17

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.

2 Kings 17:18

17:18 So the Lord was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.

2 Kings 24:3

24:3 Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed.

2 Kings 24:20

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. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.


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

tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.

tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

tn Heb “very angry.”

tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”

tn Heb “Certainly according to the word of the Lord this happened against Judah, to remove [them] from his face because of the sins of Manasseh according to all which he did.”

11 tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”