2 Kings 2:24

2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. ¹  Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

2 Kings 7:16

7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah ²  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. ³ 

2 Kings 8:3

8:3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. ⁴ 

2 Kings 9:24

9:24 Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram’s shoulders. ⁵  The arrow went through ⁶  his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

2 Kings 11:7-8

11:7 The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord’s temple and protect the king. ⁷  11:8 You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” ⁸ 

2 Kings 11:12

11:12 Jehoiada ⁹  led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ¹⁰  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ¹¹  They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 13:5

13:5 The Lord provided a deliverer ¹²  for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. ¹³  The Israelites once more lived in security. ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 18:18

18:18 They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.

2 Kings 19:9

19:9 The king ¹⁵  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. ¹⁶  He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

2 Kings 21:15

21:15 because they have done evil in my sight ¹⁷  and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

[2:24]  ¹ tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the Lord.” A curse was a formal appeal to a higher authority (here the Lord) to vindicate one’s cause through judgment. As in chapter one, this account makes it clear that disrespect for the Lord’s designated spokesmen can be deadly, for it is ultimately rejection of the Lord’s authority.

[7:16]  ² sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[8:3]  ³ tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”

[9:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Jehu filled his hand with the bow and he struck Jehoram between his shoulders.”

[9:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “went out from.”

[11:7]  ⁵ tn Verses 5b-7 read literally, “the third of you, the ones entering [on] the Sabbath and the ones guarding the guard of the house of the king, and the third in the gate of Sur, and the third in the gate behind the runners, and you will guard the guard of the house, alternating. And the two units of you, all the ones going out [on] the Sabbath, and they will guard the guard of the house of the Lord for the king.” The precise meaning of this text is impossible to determine. It would appear that the Carians and royal bodyguard were divided into three units. One unit would serve during the Sabbath; the other two would be off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada divided the first unit into three groups and assigned them different locations. The two off duty units were assigned the task of guarding the king.

[11:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “and be with the king in his going out and in his coming in.”

[11:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain. See the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 128. Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant. See HALOT 790-91 s.v. עֵדוּת.

[11:12]  ⁹ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

[13:5]  ⁸ sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.

[13:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”

[13:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”

[19:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘Look, he has come out to fight with you.’”

[21:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in my eyes.”