2 Kings 6:4

6:4 So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.

2 Kings 19:5

19:5 When King Hezekiah’s servants came to Isaiah,

2 Kings 7:8

7:8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. ¹  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ²  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ³  and went and hid what they had taken.

2 Kings 6:14

6:14 So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. ⁴  They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

2 Kings 10:21

10:21 Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. ⁵ 

2 Kings 2:15

2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, ⁶  who were standing at a distance, ⁷  saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah ⁸  rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Kings 3:24

3:24 When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites ⁹  thoroughly defeated ¹⁰  Moab.

2 Kings 7:5

7:5 So they started toward ¹¹  the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

2 Kings 25:26

25:26 Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for ¹²  Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.

2 Kings 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser ¹³  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ¹⁴  along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went ¹⁵  and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ¹⁶ 

2 Kings 2:4

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ¹⁷  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

2 Kings 7:10

7:10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers ¹⁸  of the city. They told them, “We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice. ¹⁹  But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.” ²⁰ 

2 Kings 10:24

10:24 They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!” ²¹ 

2 Kings 11:9

11:9 The officers of the units of hundreds did just as ²²  Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported ²³  to Jehoiada the priest.

2 Kings 11:18

11:18 All the people of the land went and demolished ²⁴  the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols ²⁵  to bits. ²⁶  They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest ²⁷  then placed guards at the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 14:13

14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He ²⁸  attacked ²⁹  Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. ³⁰ 

2 Kings 25:23

25:23 All of the officers of the Judahite army ³¹  and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite.

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[7:8]  ² tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

[7:8]  ³ tn Heb “and they took from there.”

[6:14]  ¹ tn Heb “heavy force.”

[10:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and the house of Baal was filled mouth to mouth.”

[2:15]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”

[3:24]  ¹ tn Heb “they.”

[3:24]  ² tc The consonantal text (Kethib) suggests, “and they went, striking down,” but the marginal reading (Qere) is “they struck down, striking down.” For a discussion of the textual problem, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 46.

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “they arose to go to.”

[25:26]  ¹ tn Heb “arose and went to.”

[18:17]  ¹ sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[18:17]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:17]  ³ tn Heb “and they went up and came.”

[18:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “the field of the washer.”

[2:4]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:10]  ¹ tn The MT has a singular form (“gatekeeper”), but the context suggests a plural. The pronoun that follows (“them”) is plural and a plural noun appears in v. 11. The Syriac Peshitta and the Targum have the plural here.

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “and, look, there was no man or voice of a man there.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “but the horses are tied up and the donkeys are tied up and the tents are as they were.”

[10:24]  ¹ tn Heb “The man who escapes from the men whom I am bringing into your hands, [it will be] his life in place of his life.”

[11:9]  ¹ tn Heb “according to all that.”

[11:9]  ² tn Heb “came.”

[11:18]  ¹ tn Or “tore down.”

[11:18]  ² tn Or “images.”

[11:18]  ³ tn The Hebrew construction translated “smashed…to bits” is emphatic. The adverbial infinitive absolute (הֵיטֵב [hetev], “well”) accompanying the Piel form of the verb שָׁבַר (shavar), “break,” suggests thorough demolition.

[11:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.

[14:13]  ¹ tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.

[14:13]  ² tn Heb “came to.”

[14:13]  ³ tn Heb “four hundred cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.

[25:23]  ¹ tn Heb “of the army.” The word “Judahite” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.