2 Kings 10:5

10:5 So the palace supervisor, ¹  the city commissioner, ²  the leaders, ³  and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! ⁴  Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.” ⁵ 

2 Kings 11:4

11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned ⁶  the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians ⁷  and the royal bodyguard. ⁸  He met with them ⁹  in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement ¹⁰  with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 20:5

20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow ¹¹  you will go up to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 25:23

25:23 All of the officers of the Judahite army ¹²  and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite.

[10:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who was over the house.”

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “the one who was over the city.”

[10:5]  ³ tn Or “elders.”

[10:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “servants.”

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”

[11:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”

[11:4]  ⁷ sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.

[11:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”

[11:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “covenant.”

[20:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on the third day.”

[25:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “of the army.” The word “Judahite” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.