2 Kings 13:19

13:19 The prophet ¹  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! ²  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

2 Kings 13:25

13:25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from ³  Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.

2 Kings 25:17

25:17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet ⁴  high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet ⁵  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

[13:19]  ¹ tn Heb “man of God.”

[13:19]  ² tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.

[13:25]  ³ tn Heb “from the hand of.”

[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.”