2 Kings 8:15

8:15 The next day Hazael ¹  took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s ²  face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 8:24

8:24 Joram passed away ³  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 9:13

9:13 Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu’s ⁴  feet on the steps. ⁵  The trumpet was blown ⁶  and they shouted, “Jehu is ⁷  king!”

2 Kings 14:16

14:16 Jehoash passed away ⁸  and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

2 Kings 15:7

15:7 Azariah passed away ⁹  and was buried ¹⁰  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.

2 Kings 15:14

15:14 Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to ¹¹  Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. ¹²  He killed him and took his place as king.

2 Kings 15:30

15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him ¹³  and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 15:38

15:38 Jotham passed away ¹⁴  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

2 Kings 16:20

16:20 Ahaz passed away ¹⁵  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 21:18

21:18 Manasseh passed away ¹⁶  and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

2 Kings 21:24

21:24 The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they ¹⁷  made his son Josiah king in his place.

[8:15]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:15]  ² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:24]  ³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[9:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they hurried and took, each one his garment, and they placed [them] beneath him on the bone [?] of the steps.” The precise nuance of גֶרֶם (gerem), “bone,” is unclear. Some suggest the nuance “bare” here; it may be a technical architectural term in this context.

[9:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets.

[9:13]  ⁸ tn Or “has become.”

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[15:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[15:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and came to.”

[15:14]  ¹² tn Heb “went up from Tirzah and arrived in Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria.”

[15:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”

[15:38]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:24]  ²¹ tn Heb “the people of the land.” The pronoun “they” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid the repetition of the phrase “the people of the land” from the beginning of the verse.