2 Kings 20:18

20:18 ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father ¹  will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

2 Kings 18:16

18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated ²  and gave them to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 24:13

24:13 Nebuchadnezzar ³  took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple, just as the Lord had warned.

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ⁴  and the guards ⁵  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ⁶  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ⁷  The king ⁸  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ⁹  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ¹⁰ 

[20:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”

[18:16]  ² tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”

[24:13]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Nebuchadnezzar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[23:4]  ⁵ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ⁹ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.