2 Kings 18:12

18:12 This happened because they did not obey ¹  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ²  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ³ 

2 Kings 19:4

19:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ⁴  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ⁵  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ⁶ 

2 Kings 22:19

22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ⁷  and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. ⁸  You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

[18:12]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[18:12]  ² tn Heb “his covenant.”

[18:12]  ³ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”

[19:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[19:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[19:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

[22:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[22:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.