2 Kings 1:13

1:13 The king ¹  sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell ²  on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

2 Kings 5:15

5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman ³  came and stood before him. He said, “For sure ⁴  I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”

2 Kings 7:9

7:9 Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. ⁵  If we wait until dawn, ⁶  we’ll be punished. ⁷  So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

2 Kings 8:29

8:29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ⁸  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit ⁹  Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.

2 Kings 9:26

9:26 ‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” ¹⁰  says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said.” ¹¹ 

2 Kings 10:24

10:24 They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!” ¹² 

2 Kings 12:7

12:7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.” ¹³ 

2 Kings 13:17

13:17 Elisha ¹⁴  said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. ¹⁵  Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so. ¹⁶  Elisha ¹⁷  said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. ¹⁸  You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. ²⁰  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” ²¹  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents ²²  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 19:4

19:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ²³  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ²⁴  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ²⁵ 

2 Kings 23:35

23:35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold, but to meet Pharaoh’s demands Jehoiakim had to tax the land. He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho. ²⁶ 

2 Kings 25:25

25:25 But in the seventh month ²⁷  Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, ²⁸  came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, ²⁹  as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “look.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “this day is a day of good news and we are keeping silent.”

[7:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “the light of the morning.”

[7:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “punishment will find us.”

[8:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[8:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “to see.”

[9:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “and I will repay you in this plot of land.”

[9:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[10:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The man who escapes from the men whom I am bringing into your hands, [it will be] his life in place of his life.”

[12:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “Now, do not take silver from your treasurers, because for the damages to the temple you must give it.”

[13:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “He opened [it].”

[13:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he shot.”

[13:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

[13:17]  ²⁰ tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

[18:14]  ¹⁷ tn Or “I have done wrong.”

[18:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

[18:14]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.

[19:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[19:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[19:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

[23:35]  ²¹ tn Heb “And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the silver at the command of Pharaoh, [from] each according to his tax he collected the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh Necho.”

[25:25]  ²³ sn It is not altogether clear whether this is in the same year that Jerusalem fell or not. The wall was breached in the fourth month (= early July; Jer 39:2) and Nebuzaradan came and burned the palace, the temple, and many of the houses and tore down the wall in the fifth month (= early August; Jer 52:12). That would have left time between the fifth month and the seventh month (October) to gather in the harvest of grapes, dates and figs, and olives (Jer 40:12). However, many commentators feel that too much activity takes place in too short a time for this to have been in the same year and posit that it happened the following year or even five years later when a further deportation took place, possibly in retaliation for the murder of Gedaliah and the Babylonian garrison at Mizpah (Jer 52:30). The assassination of Gedaliah had momentous consequences and was commemorated in one of the post exilic fast days lamenting the fall of Jerusalem (Zech 8:19).

[25:25]  ²⁴ tn Heb “[was] from the seed of the kingdom.”

[25:25]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and they struck down Gedaliah and he died.”