2 Kings 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet ¹  – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. ²  Elisha ³  said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

2 Kings 8:26

8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ⁵  of King Omri of Israel.

2 Kings 12:6

12:6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

2 Kings 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁶  His mother ⁷  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:1

Azariah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.

2 Kings 15:27

Pekah’s Reign over Israel

15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ⁸  for twenty years.

2 Kings 15:30

15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him ⁹  and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 15:33

15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Kings 16:2

16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹² 

2 Kings 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother ¹⁴  was Abi, ¹⁵  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 21:19

Amon’s Reign over Judah

21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁶  His mother ¹⁷  was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

2 Kings 23:31

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah

23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  His mother ¹⁹  was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah

23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ²⁰  His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. ²¹  His mother ²²  was Hamutal, ²³  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

[4:42]  ¹ tn Heb “man of God.”

[4:42]  ² tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

[4:42]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:26]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:26]  ⁵ tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.

[14:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[15:27]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[15:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”

[15:33]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:2]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

[18:2]  ²² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:2]  ²³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[18:2]  ²⁴ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

[21:19]  ²⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:19]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[23:31]  ²⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[23:31]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[23:36]  ³¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:18]  ³⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:18]  ³⁵ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:18]  ³⁶ tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”