2 Kings 8:2
Context8:2 So the woman did as the prophet said. 1 She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
2 Kings 11:1
ContextAthaliah is Eliminated
11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. 2


[8:2] 1 tn Heb “and the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God.”
[11:1] 2 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum) “arise,” is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.