2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! ¹  Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 9:2

9:2 When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room. ² 

2 Kings 11:12

11:12 Jehoiada ³  led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ⁴  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ⁵  They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 14:21

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Kings 15:7

15:7 Azariah passed away ⁶  and was buried ⁷  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.

2 Kings 15:19

15:19 Pul ⁸  king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid ⁹  him ¹⁰  a thousand talents ¹¹  of silver to gain his support ¹²  and to solidify his control of the kingdom. ¹³ 

2 Kings 18:36

18:36 The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

2 Kings 25:5

25:5 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, ¹⁴  and his entire army deserted him.

[5:3]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[9:2]  ² tn Heb “and go and set him apart from his brothers and bring him into an inner room in an inner room.”

[11:12]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain. See the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 128. Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant. See HALOT 790-91 s.v. עֵדוּת.

[11:12]  ⁵ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

[15:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[15:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

[15:19]  ⁵ sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72.

[15:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “gave.”

[15:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:19]  ⁸ 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 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.”

[15:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.”

[15:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.”

[25:5]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.