⁵ tn Heb “and the nations for fire, and they grow weary.”

⁶ tn Heb “he burned in Jacob like a flaming fire.”

¹ tn Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

¹ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

² tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

² tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”

² tn Heb “they shall burn with fire”; KJV “burn in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”

² tn Heb “shall be burned with fire”; KJV “shall be burnt in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”

² tn Heb “on the wood, which is on the fire, which is on the altar.” Cf. NIV “on the burning wood”; NLT “on the wood fire.”

¹ tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.

³ tn The Hebrew text just has “fire,” but it would be hard to conceive of this action apart from the idea of coals of fire.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text expands the statement: “burn up with fire.” The words “with fire” are redundant in English and have been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “Or a body, if there is in its skin a burn of fire.”

¹ tn Heb “from the fire.” It probably refers to those parts that were not burned.

¹ tn Heb “and his words you heard from the midst of the fire.”

³ tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”

¹ tn Heb “and he burned the house of the king over him with fire and he died.”

³ tn Heb “and the chariots of the sun he burned with fire.”

² tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

¹ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.