2 Kings 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ¹  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ²  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ³  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 16:18

16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning ⁴  that had been built ⁵  in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria. ⁶ 

2 Kings 17:8

17:8 they observed the practices ⁷  of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. ⁸ 

2 Kings 21:9

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

2 Kings 25:26

25:26 Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for ¹⁰  Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.

[16:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ² sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[16:18]  ⁴ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term מוּסַךְ (musakh; Qere) / מִיסַךְ (misakh; Kethib) is uncertain. For discussion see HALOT 557 s.v. מוּסַךְ and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189-90.

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “that they built.”

[16:18]  ⁶ sn It is doubtful that Tiglath-pileser ordered these architectural changes. Ahaz probably made these changes so he could send some of the items and materials to the Assyrian king as tribute. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 190, 193.

[17:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “walked in the customs.”

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

[21:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “listen.”

[25:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “arose and went to.”