2 Kings 14:11

14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, ¹  so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. ²  He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face ³  in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ⁴  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ⁵  killed him at Megiddo ⁶  when he saw him.

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[14:11]  ² tn Heb “went up.”

[14:11]  ³ tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”

[23:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

[23:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:29]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.