2 Kings 2:21

2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified ¹  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ² 

2 Kings 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated ³  you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!” ⁴ 

2 Kings 9:6

9:6 So Jehu ⁵  got up and went inside. Then the prophet ⁶  poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord’s people Israel.

2 Kings 9:18-19

9:18 So the horseman ⁷  went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁸  Jehu replied, “None of your business! ⁹  Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ¹⁰  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹¹  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

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? ¹² 

2 Kings 18:31

18:31 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. ¹³  Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

2 Kings 19:3

19:3 “This is what Hezekiah says: ¹⁴  ‘This is a day of distress, insults, ¹⁵  and humiliation, ¹⁶  as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. ¹⁷ 

2 Kings 19:10

19:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over ¹⁸  to the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 19:20

19:20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria. ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 19:32

19:32 So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

“He will not enter this city,

nor will he shoot an arrow here. ²⁰ 

He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, ²¹ 

nor will he build siege works against it.

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ²²  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ²³ 

2 Kings 20:5

20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow ²⁴  you will go up to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 22:16

22:16 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read. ²⁵ 

[2:21]  ¹ tn Or “healed.”

[2:21]  ² tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”

[9:3]  ³ tn Heb “anointed.”

[9:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

[9:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[9:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

[9:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ¹⁰ tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.

[18:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

[18:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”

[19:3]  ¹⁵ tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him.”

[19:3]  ¹⁶ tn Or “rebuke,” “correction.”

[19:3]  ¹⁷ tn Or “contempt.”

[19:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”

[19:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “will not be given.”

[19:20]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “That which you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” The verb “I have heard” does not appear in the parallel passage in Isa 37:21, where אֲשֶׁר (’asher) probably has a causal sense, “because.”

[19:32]  ²¹ tn Heb “there.”

[19:32]  ²² tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.

[20:1]  ²³ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “will not live.”

[20:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “on the third day.”

[22:16]  ²⁷ tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”