2 Kings 1:1

Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders

1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. ¹ 

2 Kings 3:5

3:5 When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Kings 4:40

4:40 The stew was poured out ²  for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, “Death is in the pot, O prophet!” They could not eat it.

2 Kings 14:17

14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

2 Kings 2:21

2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified ³  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ⁴ 

2 Kings 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ⁵  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁶  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

[1:1]  ¹ sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.

[4:40]  ² tn Heb “and they poured out [the stew].” The plural subject is probably indefinite.

[2:21]  ³ tn Or “healed.”

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”

[15:5]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

[15:5]  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.