2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. ¹  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” ²  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents ³  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser ⁴  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁵  along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went ⁶  and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁷ 

2 Kings 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁸  His mother ⁹  was Abi, ¹⁰  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 11:9

11:9 The officers of the units of hundreds did just as ¹¹  Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported ¹²  to Jehoiada the priest.

Micah 1:13

1:13 Residents of Lachish, ¹³  hitch the horses to the chariots!

You ¹⁴  influenced Daughter Zion ¹⁵  to sin, ¹⁶ 

for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back ¹⁷  to you!

[18:14]  ¹ tn Or “I have done wrong.”

[18:14]  ² tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

[18:14]  ³ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.

[18:17]  ⁴ sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[18:17]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they went up and came.”

[18:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “the field of the washer.”

[18:2]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[18:2]  ¹⁰ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

[11:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to all that.”

[11:9]  ¹² tn Heb “came.”

[1:13]  ¹³ sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”

[1:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.

[1:13]  ¹⁵ sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.

[1:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”

[1:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”