2 Kings 5:12
Context5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! 1 Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.
2 Kings 15:20
Context15:20 Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. 2 Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.
2 Kings 20:20
Context20:20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring 3 water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 4


[5:12] 1 tn Heb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.
[15:20] 2 tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.”
[20:20] 3 tn Heb “and he brought.”
[20:20] 4 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Hezekiah, and all his strength, and how he made a pool and a conduit and brought water to the city, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”