2 Kings 14:1

Amaziah’s Reign over Judah

14:1 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz, ¹  Joash’s ²  son Amaziah became king over Judah.

2 Kings 15:32

Jotham’s Reign over Judah

15:32 In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah’s son Jotham became king over Judah.

2 Kings 25:18

25:18 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

2 Kings 15:27

Pekah’s Reign over Israel

15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ³  for twenty years.

2 Kings 1:17

1:17 He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. ⁴  In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son. ⁵ 

2 Kings 9:19

9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ⁶  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁷  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

2 Kings 10:6

10:6 He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, ⁸  then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” ⁹  Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent ¹⁰  men of the city were raising them.

2 Kings 19:29

19:29 ¹¹ This will be your confirmation that I have spoken the truth: ¹²  This year you will eat what grows wild, ¹³  and next year ¹⁴  what grows on its own from that. But in the third year you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce. ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 22:14

22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. ¹⁶  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ¹⁷  district.) They stated their business, ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 25:17

25:17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet ¹⁹  high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet ²⁰  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ²¹  and the guards ²²  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ²³  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ²⁴  The king ²⁵  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ²⁶  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ²⁷ 

[14:1]  ¹ sn The name Joahaz is an alternate form of Jehoahaz.

[14:1]  ² sn The referent here is Joash of Judah (see 12:21), not Joash of Israel, mentioned earlier in the verse.

[15:27]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke through Elijah.”

[1:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “Jehoram replaced him as king…because he had no son.” Some ancient textual witnesses add “his brother,” which was likely added on the basis of the statement later in the verse that Ahaziah had no son.

[9:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ⁸ tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.

[10:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “If you are mine and you are listening to my voice.”

[10:6]  ¹⁰ sn Jehu’s command is intentionally vague. Does he mean that they should bring the guardians (those who are “heads” over Ahab’s sons) for a meeting, or does he mean that they should bring the literal heads of Ahab’s sons with them? (So LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum) The city leaders interpret his words in the literal sense, but Jehu’s command is so ambiguous he is able to deny complicity in the executions (see v. 9).

[10:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “great,” probably in wealth, position, and prestige.

[19:29]  ¹¹ tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 21-28) ends and the Lord again directly addresses Hezekiah and the people (see v. 20).

[19:29]  ¹² tn Heb “and this is your sign.” In this case the אוֹת (’ot), “sign,” is a future confirmation of God’s intervention designated before the actual intervention takes place. For similar “signs” see Exod 3:12 and Isa 7:14-25.

[19:29]  ¹³ sn This refers to crops that grew up on their own (that is, without cultivation) from the seed planted in past years.

[19:29]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and in the second year.”

[19:29]  ¹⁵ tn The four plural imperatival verb forms in v. 29b are used rhetorically. The Lord commands the people to plant, harvest, etc. to emphasize the certainty of restored peace and prosperity. See IBHS 572 §34.4.c.

[22:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[22:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[22:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and they spoke to her.”

[25:17]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “three cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”

[23:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

[23:4]  ¹⁸ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ²² tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ²³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.