2 Kings 25:12

25:12 But he ¹  left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

2 Kings 25:10

25:10 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:20

25:20 Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

2 Kings 18:28

18:28 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, ²  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 19:8

19:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. ³ 

2 Kings 25:15

25:15 The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers ⁴  and basins.

2 Kings 25:18

25:18 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

2 Kings 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser ⁵  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁶  along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went ⁷  and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁸ 

2 Kings 12:10

12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary ⁹  and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 18:19

18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? ¹¹ 

2 Kings 18:26-27

18:26 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, “Speak to your servants in Aramaic, ¹²  for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect ¹³  in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” 18:27 But the chief adviser said to them, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. ¹⁴  His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.” ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 18:37

18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn ¹⁶  and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

2 Kings 19:4

19:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ¹⁷  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ¹⁸  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 25:8

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

25:8 On the seventh ²⁰  day of the fifth month, ²¹  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard ²²  who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. ²³ 

2 Kings 25:11

25:11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. ²⁴ 

[25:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the captain of the royal guard.” However, the subject is clear from the preceding and contemporary English style would normally avoid repeating the proper name and title.

[18:28]  ² tn The Hebrew text also has, “and he spoke and said.”

[19:8]  ³ tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”

[25:15]  ⁴ sn These held the embers used for the incense offerings.

[18:17]  ⁵ sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[18:17]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they went up and came.”

[18:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “the field of the washer.”

[12:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”

[12:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

[18:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

[18:26]  ⁸ sn Aramaic was the diplomatic language of the empire.

[18:26]  ⁹ tn Or “Hebrew.”

[18:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “To your master and to you did my master send me to speak these words?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

[18:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.”

[18:37]  ¹⁰ sn As a sign of grief and mourning.

[19:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[19:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[19:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

[25:8]  ¹² tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

[25:8]  ¹³ sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:8]  ¹⁴ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

[25:8]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:11]  ¹³ tc The MT has “the multitude.” But הֶהָמוֹן (hehamon) should probably be emended to הֶאָמוֹן (he’amon).