2 Kings 19:14

19:14 Hezekiah took the letter ¹  from the messengers and read it. ²  Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

2 Kings 18:12

18:12 This happened because they did not obey ³  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ⁴  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ⁵ 

2 Kings 1:15

1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down ⁶  with him to the king.

2 Kings 3:10

3:10 The king of Israel said, “Oh no! ⁷  Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were ⁸  in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute ⁹  to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ¹⁰  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 4:27

4:27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. ¹²  The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”

2 Kings 8:8

8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift ¹³  and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, ¹⁴  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 9:25

9:25 Jehu ordered ¹⁵  his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

2 Kings 14:14

14:14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. ¹⁶  Then he went back to Samaria. ¹⁷ 

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[19:14]  ¹ tc The MT has the plural, “letters,” but the final mem is probably dittographic (note the initial mem on the form that immediately follows). Some Greek and Aramaic witnesses have the singular.

[19:14]  ² tc The MT has the plural suffix, “them,” but this probably reflects a later harmonization to the preceding textual corruption (of “letter” to “letters”). The parallel passage in Isa 37:14 has the singular suffix.

[18:12]  ³ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[18:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “his covenant.”

[18:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”

[1:15]  ⁵ sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.

[3:10]  ⁷ tn Or “ah.”

[16:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “that was found.”

[16:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “bribe money.”

[17:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ¹² tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

[4:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “her soul [i.e., ‘disposition’] is bitter.”

[8:8]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”

[8:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”

[9:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “said to.”

[14:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the sons of the pledges.”

[14:14]  ²⁰ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.