2 Raja-raja 2:24

2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. ¹  Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

2 Raja-raja 15:20

15:20 Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. ²  Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

2 Raja-raja 22:5

22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen ³  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, ⁴ 

[2:24]  ¹ tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the Lord.” A curse was a formal appeal to a higher authority (here the Lord) to vindicate one’s cause through judgment. As in chapter one, this account makes it clear that disrespect for the Lord’s designated spokesmen can be deadly, for it is ultimately rejection of the Lord’s authority.

[15:20]  ² tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.”

[22:5]  ³ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[22:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”