2 Kings 3:22

3:22 When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood.

2 Kings 10:3

10:3 pick the best and most capable ¹  of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend ²  your master’s dynasty.”

2 Kings 19:9

19:9 The king ³  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. ⁴  He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

2 Kings 19:22

19:22 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted, ⁵ 

and looked so arrogantly? ⁶ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ⁷ 

[10:3]  ¹ tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.

[10:3]  ² tn Or “fight for.”

[19:9]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:9]  ² tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘Look, he has come out to fight with you.’”

[19:22]  ¹ tn Heb “have you raised a voice.”

[19:22]  ² tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?”

[19:22]  ³ sn This divine title pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them.