2 Kings 6:16

6:16 He replied, “Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.” ¹ 

2 Kings 6:24

The Lord Saves Samaria

6:24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked ²  and besieged Samaria. ³ 

2 Kings 7:20

7:20 This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

2 Kings 8:11

8:11 Elisha ⁴  just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. ⁵  Then the prophet started crying.

2 Kings 14:17

14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

2 Kings 23:8

23:8 He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined ⁶  the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. ⁷  He tore down the high place of the goat idols ⁸  situated at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city gate.

2 Kings 24:10

24:10 At that time the generals ⁹  of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city. ¹⁰ 

[6:16]  ¹ tn Heb “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

[6:24]  ² tn Heb “went up.”

[6:24]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he made his face stand [i.e., be motionless] and set [his face?] until embarrassment.”

[23:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “defiled; desecrated,” that is, “made ritually unclean and unusable.”

[23:8]  ⁵ sn These towns marked Judah’s northern and southern borders, respectively, at the time of Josiah.

[23:8]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text reads “the high places of the gates,” which is problematic in that the rest of the verse speaks of a specific gate. The translation assumes an emendation to בָּמוֹת הַשְּׁעָרִים (bamot hashÿ’arim), “the high place of the goats” (that is, goat idols). Worship of such images is referred to in Lev 17:7 and 2 Chr 11:15. For a discussion of the textual issue, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 286-87.

[24:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “servants.”

[24:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “went up [to] Jerusalem and the city entered into siege.”