2 Kings 22:20

22:20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ¹  You will not have to witness ²  all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

2 Kings 22:2

22:2 He did what the Lord approved ³  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ⁴  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Kings 1:1

Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders

1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 17:16

17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ⁶  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!

[22:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

[22:20]  ² tn Heb “your eyes will not see.”

[22:2]  ³ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”

[1:1]  ⁵ sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.

[17:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “place.”