2 Kings 3:4
Context3:4 Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. 1 He would send as tribute 2 to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
2 Kings 4:43
Context4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” 3 He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” 4
2 Kings 11:10
Context11:10 The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord’s temple.
2 Kings 23:33
Context23:33 Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem. 5 He imposed on the land a special tax 6 of one hundred talents 7 of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Kings 3:26
Context3:26 When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, 8 he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack 9 the king of Edom, but they failed.
2 Kings 11:4
Context11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned 10 the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians 11 and the royal bodyguard. 12 He met with them 13 in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement 14 with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.
2 Kings 11:9
Context11:9 The officers of the units of hundreds did just as 15 Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported 16 to Jehoiada the priest.
2 Kings 11:15
Context11:15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, 17 “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 18 Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 19
2 Kings 11:19
Context11:19 He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, 20 and the king 21 sat down on the royal throne.
2 Kings 14:13
Context14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He 22 attacked 23 Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 24
2 Kings 19:35
Context19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they 25 got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses. 26
2 Kings 18:14
Context18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. 27 If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” 28 So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents 29 of silver and thirty talents of gold.


[3:4] 1 tn For a discussion of the meaning of term (נֹקֵד, noqed), see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 43.
[3:4] 2 tn The vav + perfect here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause. See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e.
[4:43] 3 tn Heb “How can I set this before a hundred men?”
[4:43] 4 tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.
[23:33] 5 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has “when [he was] ruling in Jerusalem,” but the marginal reading (Qere), which has support from Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses, has “[preventing him] from ruling in Jerusalem.”
[23:33] 7 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “almost four tons of silver and about seventy-five pounds of gold.”
[3:26] 7 tn Heb “and the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him.”
[3:26] 8 tn Heb “he took with him seven hundred men, who drew the sword, to break through against.”
[11:4] 9 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
[11:4] 10 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.
[11:4] 11 tn Heb “the runners.”
[11:4] 12 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”
[11:9] 11 tn Heb “according to all that.”
[11:15] 13 tn The Hebrew text also has, “and said to them.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated.
[11:15] 15 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Let her not be put to death in the house of the
[11:19] 15 tn Heb “the Gate of the Runners of the House of the King.”
[11:19] 16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[14:13] 17 tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.
[14:13] 19 tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.
[19:35] 19 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.
[19:35] 20 tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”
[18:14] 21 tn Or “I have done wrong.”
[18:14] 22 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”
[18:14] 23 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.