2 Kings 1:7
Context1:7 The king 1 asked them, “Describe the appearance 2 of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”
2 Kings 3:10
Context3:10 The king of Israel said, “Oh no! 3 Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”
2 Kings 4:4
Context4:4 Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; 4 set aside each one when you have filled it.”
2 Kings 25:16
Context25:16 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” 5 and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed.


[1:7] 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:7] 2 tn Heb “What was the manner…?”
[4:4] 5 tn Heb “all these vessels.”
[25:16] 7 tc The MT lacks “the twelve bronze bulls under ‘the Sea,’” but these words have probably been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton. The scribe’s eye may have jumped from the וְהָ (vÿha-) on וְהַבָּקָר (vÿhabbaqar), “and the bulls,” to the וְהָ on וְהַמְּכֹנוֹת (vÿhammÿkhonot), “and the movable stands,” causing him to leave out the intervening words. See the parallel passage in Jer 52:20.