2 Kings 3:17

3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel ¹  any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’

2 Kings 10:8

10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, ²  “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu ³  said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

2 Kings 13:4

13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy ⁴  and the Lord responded favorably, ⁵  for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. ⁶ 

2 Kings 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ⁷  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ⁸  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ⁹  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:28

17:28 So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. ¹⁰  He taught them how to worship ¹¹  the Lord.

2 Kings 17:33

17:33 They were worshiping ¹²  the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

2 Kings 17:35

17:35 The Lord made an agreement ¹³  with them ¹⁴  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

2 Kings 19:12

19:12 Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ¹⁶  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[10:8]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:8]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

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

[13:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”

[16:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ⁵ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[17:28]  ⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[17:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “fearing.”

[17:35]  ⁷ tn Or “covenant.”

[17:35]  ⁸ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).

[19:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”

[24:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”