2 Kings 8:17
8:17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 9:28
9:28 His servants took his body
2 back to Jerusalem
3 and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.
2 Kings 14:19-20
14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem,
4 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him
5 and they killed him there.
14:20 His body was carried back by horses
6 and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.
2 Kings 19:31
19:31 For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;
survivors will come out of Mount Zion.
The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord 7 to his people 8 will accomplish this.
2 Kings 21:4
21:4 He built altars in the
Lord’s temple, about which the
Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”
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2 Kings 23:23
23:23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the
Lord was observed in Jerusalem.
2 Kings 24:10
24:10 At that time the generals 10 of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city. 11
2 Kings 25:10
25:10 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “drove him.”
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
4 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
4 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
5 tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”
6 tn Heb “the zeal of the Lord.” In this context the Lord’s “zeal” refers to his intense devotion to and love for his people which prompts him to protect and restore them. The Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions, has “the zeal of the LORD of hosts” rather than “the zeal of the LORD” (Kethib). The translation follows the Qere here.
6 tn Heb “In Jerusalem I will place my name.”
7 tn Heb “servants.”
8 tn Heb “went up [to] Jerusalem and the city entered into siege.”