2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ¹  for seventeen years.

2 Kings 14:23

Jeroboam II’s Reign over Israel

14:23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria. ² 

2 Kings 20:6

20:6 I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’” ³ 

2 Kings 24:14

24:14 He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.

2 Kings 25:8

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

25:8 On the seventh ⁴  day of the fifth month, ⁵  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard ⁶  who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. ⁷ 

2 Kings 25:17

25:17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet ⁸  high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet ⁹  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

[13:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[14:23]  ² map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:6]  ³ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

[25:8]  ⁴ tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

[25:8]  ⁵ sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:8]  ⁶ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

[25:8]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.

[25:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “three cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”