2 Kings 10:12

10:12 Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. ¹  While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

2 Kings 19:33

19:33 He will go back the way he came.

He will not enter this city,” says the Lord.

2 Kings 21:22

21:22 He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions. ² 

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. ³  He did evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord.

2 Kings 8:27

8:27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of ⁵  the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family. ⁶ 

2 Kings 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ⁷  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ⁸  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ⁹  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 19:28

19:28 Because you rage against me,

and the uproar you create has reached my ears; ¹⁰ 

I will put my hook in your nose, ¹¹ 

and my bridle between your lips,

and I will lead you back the way

you came.”

2 Kings 2:23

2:23 He went up from there to Bethel. ¹²  As he was traveling up the road, some young boys ¹³  came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”

[10:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and he arose and went and came to Samaria.”

[21:22]  ² tn Heb “and did not walk in the way of the Lord.”

[8:18]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[8:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[8:27]  ⁵ 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.

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[19:28]  ⁶ tc Heb “and your complacency comes up into my ears.” The parallelism is improved if שַׁאֲנַנְךְ (sha’anankh), “your complacency,” is emended to שַׁאֲוַנְךְ (sha’avankh), “your uproar.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 237-38.

[19:28]  ⁷ sn The word picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238.

[2:23]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[2:23]  ⁸ tn The word נַעַר (na’ar), here translated “boy,” can refer to a broad age range, including infants as well as young men. But the qualifying term “young” (or “small”) suggests these youths were relatively young. The phrase in question (“young boy”) occurs elsewhere in 1 Sam 20:35; 1 Kgs 3:7 (used by Solomon in an hyperbolic manner); 11:17; 2 Kgs 5:14; and Isa 11:6.