Discovery Box2 Kings 3:2
Context3:2 He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 10:31
Context10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. 2 He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. 3
2 Kings 13:2
Context13:2 He did evil in the sight of 4 the Lord. He continued in 5 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. 6
2 Kings 13:11
Context13:11 He did evil in the sight of 7 the Lord. He did not repudiate 8 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins. 9
2 Kings 15:9
Context15:9 He did evil in the sight of 10 the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate 11 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:18
Context15:18 He did evil in the sight of 12 the Lord; he did not repudiate 13 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. 14
During his reign,
2 Kings 15:24
Context15:24 He did evil in the sight of 15 the Lord; he did not repudiate 16 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:2
Context15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 17 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 1:5-11
Context1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, 18 he asked them, “Why have you returned?” 1:6 They replied, 19 “A man came up to meet us. He told us, “Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. 20 Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.”’” 1:7 The king 21 asked them, “Describe the appearance 22 of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.” 1:8 They replied, 23 “He was a hairy man 24 and had a leather belt 25 tied around his waist.” The king 26 said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”
1:9 The king 27 sent a captain and his fifty soldiers 28 to retrieve Elijah. 29 The captain 30 went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. 31 He told him, “Prophet, 32 the king says, ‘Come down!’” 1:10 Elijah replied to the captain, 33 “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down 34 from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.
1:11 The king 35 sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, 36 “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” 37
[3:2] 1 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[10:31] 2 tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the
[10:31] 3 tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”
[13:2] 4 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[13:2] 5 tn Heb “walked after.”
[13:2] 6 tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”
[13:11] 7 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[13:11] 8 tn Heb “turn away from all.”
[13:11] 9 tn Heb “in it he walked.”
[15:9] 10 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[15:9] 11 tn Heb “turn away from.”
[15:18] 12 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[15:18] 13 tn Heb “turn away from.”
[15:18] 14 tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְיֹמָיו (bÿyomav), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.
[15:24] 15 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[15:24] 16 tn Heb “turn away from.”
[15:2] 17 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[1:6] 19 tn Heb “said to him.”
[1:6] 20 tn Heb “Is it because there is no God in Israel [that] you are sending to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?” The translation seeks to bring out the sarcastic tone of the rhetorical question. In v. 3 the messengers are addressed (in the phrase “you are on your way” the second person plural pronoun is used in Hebrew), but here the king is addressed (in the phrase “you are sending” the second person singular pronoun is used).
[1:7] 21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:7] 22 tn Heb “What was the manner…?”
[1:8] 23 tn Heb “said to him.”
[1:8] 24 tn Heb “an owner of hair.” This idiomatic expression indicates that Elijah was very hairy. For other examples where the idiom “owner of” is used to describe a characteristic of someone, see HALOT 143 s.v. בַּעַל. For example, an “owner of dreams” is one who frequently has dreams (Gen 37:19) and an “owner of anger” is a hot-tempered individual (Prov 22:24).
[1:8] 25 tn Heb “belt of skin” (i.e., one made from animal hide).
[1:8] 26 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:9] 27 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:9] 28 tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”
[1:9] 30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:9] 31 sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.
[1:9] 32 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).
[1:10] 33 tn Heb “answered and said to the officer of fifty.”
[1:10] 34 tn Wordplay contributes to the irony here. The king tells Elijah to “come down” (Hebrew יָרַד, yarad), but Elijah calls fire down (יָרַד) on the arrogant king’s officer.
[1:11] 35 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:11] 36 tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayya’an) is probably a corruption of “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayya’al). See v. 9.
[1:11] 37 sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.
