2 Kings 9:9

9:9 I will make Ahab’s dynasty ¹  like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

2 Kings 12:14

12:14 It was handed over ²  to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 18:15

18:15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver in ³  the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

2 Kings 19:7

19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ⁴  he will receive ⁵  a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ⁶  with a sword in his own land.”’”

2 Kings 21:14

21:14 I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people ⁷  and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies, ⁸ 

2 Kings 22:7

22:7 Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest.” ⁹ 

2 Kings 25:28

25:28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ¹⁰  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

[9:9]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[12:14]  ² tn Heb “was given.”

[18:15]  ³ tn Heb “that was found.”

[19:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[19:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “hear.”

[19:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”

[21:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “the remnant of my inheritance.” In this context the Lord’s remnant is the tribe of Judah, which had been preserved when the Assyrians conquered and deported the northern tribes. See 17:18 and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 269.

[21:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “they will become plunder and spoils of war for all their enemies.”

[22:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “only the silver that is given into their hand should not be reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are acting.”

[25:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “made his throne above the throne of.”