Discovery Box2 Kings 6:27
Context6:27 He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.” 1
2 Kings 19:34
Context19:34 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’” 2
2 Kings 6:26
Context6:26 While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!”
2 Kings 13:5
Context13:5 The Lord provided a deliverer 3 for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. 4 The Israelites once more lived in security. 5
2 Kings 14:27
Context14:27 The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory 6 from under heaven, 7 so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.
2 Kings 19:19
Context19:19 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”
2 Kings 16:7
Context16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent. 8 March up and rescue me from the power 9 of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked 10 me.”
[6:27] 1 tn Heb “From where can I help you, from the threshing floor or the winepress?” The rhetorical question expresses the king’s frustration. He has no grain or wine to give to the masses.
[19:34] 2 tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”
[13:5] 3 sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.
[13:5] 4 tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”
[13:5] 5 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”
[14:27] 5 tn The phrase “from under heaven” adds emphasis to the verb “blot out” and suggest total annihilation. For other examples of the verb מָחָה (makhah), “blot out,” combined with “from under heaven,” see Exod 17:14; Deut 9:14; 25:19; 29:20.
[16:7] 5 tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-pileser’s subject.
