2 Kings 18:28

18:28 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, ¹  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 22:4

22:4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down ²  the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

2 Kings 23:26

23:26 Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done. ³ 

2 Kings 8:13

8:13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” ⁴  Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” ⁵ 

2 Kings 12:10

12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary ⁶  and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up. ⁷ 

2 Kings 18:19

18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? ⁸ 

2 Kings 22:8

22:8 Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ⁹  and the guards ¹⁰  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ¹¹  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ¹²  The king ¹³  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ¹⁴  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 16:15

16:15 King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest, “On the large altar ¹⁶  offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of Israel, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use.” ¹⁷ 

[18:28]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text also has, “and he spoke and said.”

[22:4]  ² tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (vÿyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hitikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (vÿyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.

[23:26]  ³ tn Heb “Yet the Lord did not turn away from the fury of his great anger, which raged against Judah, on account of all the infuriating things by which Manasseh had made him angry.”

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Indeed, what is your servant, a dog, that he could do this great thing?” With his reference to a dog, Hazael is not denying that he is a “dog” and protesting that he would never commit such a dastardly “dog-like” deed. Rather, as Elisha’s response indicates, Hazael is suggesting that he, like a dog, is too insignificant to ever be in a position to lead such conquests.

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Lord has shown me you [as] king over Syria.”

[12:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”

[12:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

[18:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

[23:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

[23:4]  ⁸ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ¹² tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ¹³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[16:15]  ⁸ tn That is, the newly constructed altar.

[16:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “for me to seek.” The precise meaning of בָּקַר (baqar), “seek,” is uncertain in this context. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189.