2 Kings 2:8

2:8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

2 Kings 3:24

3:24 When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites ¹  thoroughly defeated ²  Moab.

2 Kings 4:7

4:7 She went and told the prophet. ³  He said, “Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.”

2 Kings 8:28

8:28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Kings 10:7

10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. ⁴  They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.

2 Kings 10:18

Jehu Executes the Prophets and Priests of Baal

10:18 Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped ⁵  Baal a little; Jehu will worship ⁶  him with great devotion. ⁷ 

2 Kings 11:12

11:12 Jehoiada ⁸  led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ⁹  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ¹⁰  They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 12:15

12:15 They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed ¹¹  the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. ¹² 

2 Kings 13:4

13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy ¹³  and the Lord responded favorably, ¹⁴  for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 17:25

17:25 When they first moved in, ¹⁶  they did not worship ¹⁷  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Kings 18:23

18:23 Now make a deal ¹⁸  with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

2 Kings 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 21:24

21:24 The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they ²⁰  made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Kings 23:10

23:10 The king ²¹  ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. ²² 

2 Kings 23:20

23:20 He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

[3:24]  ¹ tn Heb “they.”

[3:24]  ² tc The consonantal text (Kethib) suggests, “and they went, striking down,” but the marginal reading (Qere) is “they struck down, striking down.” For a discussion of the textual problem, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 46.

[4:7]  ¹ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 16, 22, 25, 27 [twice]).

[10:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”

[10:18]  ¹ tn Or “served.

[10:18]  ² tn Or “serve.”

[10:18]  ³ tn Heb “much” or “greatly.”

[11:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

[12:15]  ¹ tn Heb “gave.”

[12:15]  ² tn Heb “and they did not conduct a reckoning of the men who gave the silver into their hand to give to the doers of the work, for in honesty they were working.”

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “and the Lord heard.”

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”

[17:25]  ¹ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

[17:25]  ² tn Heb “fear.”

[18:23]  ¹ tn Heb “exchange pledges.”

[18:35]  ¹ tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?

[21:24]  ¹ tn Heb “the people of the land.” The pronoun “they” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid the repetition of the phrase “the people of the land” from the beginning of the verse.

[23:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:10]  ² sn Attempts to identify this deity with a god known from the ancient Near East have not yet yielded a consensus. For brief discussions see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor II Kings (AB), 288 and HALOT 592 s.v. מֹלֶךְ. For more extensive studies see George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek, and John Day, Molech: A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament.