2 Kings 1:4

1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.

2 Kings 3:9

3:9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom ¹  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! ²  Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

2 Kings 8:14

8:14 He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad ³  asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael ⁴  replied, “He told me you would surely recover.”

2 Kings 8:18

8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. ⁵  He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord.

2 Kings 8:27-28

8:27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family. ⁸ 

8:28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Kings 9:16

9:16 Jehu drove his chariot ⁹  to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating ¹⁰  there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit ¹¹  Joram.)

2 Kings 13:2

13:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹²  the Lord. He continued in ¹³  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ¹⁵  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ¹⁶  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ¹⁷  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:21

21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father ¹⁸  and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols ¹⁹  which his father had worshiped. ²⁰ 

2 Kings 22:2

22:2 He did what the Lord approved ²¹  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ²²  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom.”

[5:12]  ¹ 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.

[8:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”

[8:18]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[8:27]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[8:27]  ² tn Heb “and he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for he was a relative by marriage of the house of Ahab.” For this use of חֲתַן (khatan), normally “son-in-law,” see HALOT 365 s.v. חָתָן. Ahab was Ahaziah’s grandfather on his mother’s side.

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”

[9:16]  ² tn Heb “lying down.”

[9:16]  ³ tn Heb “to see.”

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:2]  ² tn Heb “walked after.”

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

[16:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ² sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[21:21]  ¹ tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”

[21:21]  ² sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[21:21]  ³ tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”

[22:2]  ¹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:2]  ² tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”