2 Kings 1:17

1:17 He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. ¹  In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son. ² 

2 Kings 3:9

3:9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom ³  set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

2 Kings 5:12

5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! ⁴  Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

2 Kings 7:16

7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah ⁵  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. ⁶ 

2 Kings 15:20

15:20 Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. ⁷  Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

2 Kings 17:23

17:23 Finally ⁸  the Lord rejected Israel ⁹  just as he had warned he would do ¹⁰  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

[1:17]  ¹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke through Elijah.”

[1:17]  ² tn Heb “Jehoram replaced him as king…because he had no son.” Some ancient textual witnesses add “his brother,” which was likely added on the basis of the statement later in the verse that Ahaziah had no son.

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom.”

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.

[7:16]  ⁷ sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[7:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[15:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.”

[17:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “until.”

[17:23]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

[17:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “just as he said.”