2 Kings 9:7

9:7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. ¹  I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants. ² 

2 Kings 24:4

24:4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them. ³ 

2 Kings 9:33

9:33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, ⁴  her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her. ⁵ 

2 Kings 9:26

9:26 ‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” ⁶  says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said.” ⁷ 

2 Kings 3:22-23

3:22 When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood. 3:23 The Moabites ⁸  said, “It’s blood! The kings are totally destroyed! ⁹  They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!”

2 Kings 16:13

16:13 He offered his burnt sacrifice and his grain offering. He poured out his libation and sprinkled the blood from his peace offerings on the altar.

2 Kings 16:15

16:15 King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest, “On the large altar ¹⁰  offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of Israel, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use.” ¹¹ 

2 Kings 21:16

21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, ¹²  in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹³ 

[9:7]  ¹ tn Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”

[9:7]  ² tn Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”

[24:4]  ³ tn Heb “and also the blood of the innocent which he shed, and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.”

[9:33]  ⁵ tn The words “when she hit the ground” are added for stylistic reasons.

[9:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he trampled her.”

[9:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and I will repay you in this plot of land.”

[9:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[3:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Moabites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:23]  ¹⁰ tn The translation assumes the verb is חָרַב (kharav, “to be desolate”). The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb form for emphasis. (For another example of the Hophal infinitive with a Niphal finite verb, see Lev 19:20. Cf. also IBHS 582 §35.2.1c.) Some prefer to derive the verb from a proposed homonym meaning “at HALOT 349 s.v. II חרב and BDB 352 s.v. חָרְבָה).

[16:15]  ¹¹ tn That is, the newly constructed altar.

[16:15]  ¹² tn Heb “for me to seek.” The precise meaning of בָּקַר (baqar), “seek,” is uncertain in this context. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189.

[21:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”

[21:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”