2 Kings 22:2

22:2 He did what the Lord approved ¹  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ²  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ³  His mother ⁴  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Kings 3:14

3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ⁵  lives (whom I serve), ⁶  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, ⁷  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. ⁸ 

2 Kings 11:4

11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned ⁹  the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians ¹⁰  and the royal bodyguard. ¹¹  He met with them ¹²  in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement ¹³  with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah is Eliminated

11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ¹⁵  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ¹⁶  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Kings 15:11

15:11 The rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁷ 

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 1:2

1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria ¹⁹  and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, ²⁰  “Go, ask ²¹  Baal Zebub, ²²  the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

[22:2]  ¹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:2]  ² tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”

[22:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

[11:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”

[11:4]  ¹⁰ sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.

[11:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:4]  ¹² tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”

[11:4]  ¹³ tn Or “covenant.”

[11:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum) “arise,” is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.

[15:5]  ¹⁵ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

[15:5]  ¹⁶ tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[15:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

[15:2]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:2]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”

[1:2]  ²¹ tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”

[1:2]  ²² sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.