2 Kings 13:5

13:5 The Lord provided a deliverer ¹  for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. ²  The Israelites once more lived in security. ³ 

2 Kings 17:8

17:8 they observed the practices ⁴  of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. ⁵ 

2 Kings 17:41

17:41 These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

2 Kings 19:12

19:12 Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? ⁶ 

2 Kings 21:9

21:9 But they did not obey, ⁷  and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the Israelites.

[13:5]  ¹ sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.

[13:5]  ² tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”

[13:5]  ³ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “walked in the customs.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and [the practices of] the kings of Israel which they did.”

[19:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”

[21:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “listen.”