2 Kings 17:30

17:30 The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, ¹  the people from Cuth made Nergal, ²  the people from Hamath made Ashima, ³ 

2 Kings 20:12

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan ⁴  son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

2 Kings 24:1

24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, ⁵  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. ⁶  Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. ⁷ 

2 Kings 24:16

24:16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors. ⁸ 

2 Kings 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ⁹  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 25:7

25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. ¹⁰  The king of Babylon ¹¹  then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:22

Gedaliah Appointed Governor

25:22 Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah. ¹² 

2 Kings 25:24

25:24 Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. ¹³  He said, “You don’t need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.”

[17:30]  ¹ sn No deity is known by the name Succoth Benoth in extant Mesopotamian literature. For speculation as to the identity of this deity, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211.

[17:30]  ² sn Nergal was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld.

[17:30]  ³ sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12.

[20:12]  ⁴ tc The MT has “Berodach-Baladan,” but several Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:1 and read “Merodach-Baladan.”

[24:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “In his days.”

[24:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.

[24:1]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”

[24:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”

[24:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”

[25:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”

[25:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “And the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.”

[25:24]  ²² tn The words “so as to give them…some assurance of safety” are supplied in the translation for clarification.