2 Raja-raja 19:28

19:28 Because you rage against me,

and the uproar you create has reached my ears; ¹ 

I will put my hook in your nose, ² 

and my bridle between your lips,

and I will lead you back the way

you came.”

2 Raja-raja 20:5

20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow ³  you will go up to the Lord’s temple.

[19:28]  ¹ tc Heb “and your complacency comes up into my ears.” The parallelism is improved if שַׁאֲנַנְךְ (sha’anankh), “your complacency,” is emended to שַׁאֲוַנְךְ (sha’avankh), “your uproar.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 237-38.

[19:28]  ² sn The word picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238.

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “on the third day.”