2 Raja-raja 3:23

3:23 The Moabites ¹  said, “It’s blood! The kings are totally destroyed! ²  They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!”

2 Raja-raja 6:11

6:11 This made the king of Syria upset. ³  So he summoned his advisers ⁴  and said to them, “One of us must be helping the king of Israel.” ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 18:23

18:23 Now make a deal ⁶  with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

2 Raja-raja 19:11

19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. ⁷  Do you really think you will be rescued? ⁸ 

2 Raja-raja 22:12

22:12 The king ordered Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant,

[3:23]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Moabites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:23]  ² 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).

[6:11]  ³ tn Heb “and the heart of the king of Syria was stirred up over this thing.”

[6:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “servants.”

[6:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “Will you not tell me who among us [is] for the king of Israel?” The sarcastic rhetorical question expresses the king’s suspicion.

[18:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “exchange pledges.”

[19:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

[19:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”