2 Kings 8:19

8:19 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of ¹  his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty. ² 

2 Kings 8:24

8:24 Joram passed away ³  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 11:10

11:10 The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 14:3

14:3 He did what the Lord approved, ⁴  but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash. ⁵ 

2 Kings 15:7

15:7 Azariah passed away ⁶  and was buried ⁷  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.

2 Kings 15:38

15:38 Jotham passed away ⁸  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

2 Kings 16:2

16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁹  He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 16:20

16:20 Ahaz passed away ¹¹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 22:2

22:2 He did what the Lord approved ¹²  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ¹³  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

¹ tn The Hebrew has only one sentence, “and the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah for the sake of.” The translation divides it for the sake of clarity.

² tn Heb “just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty; this is reflected in the translation.

³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁶ tn Heb “according to all which Joash his father had done, he did.”

⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁸ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

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¹² tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

¹³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”