2 Raja-raja 5:12

5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! ¹  Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

2 Raja-raja 18:37

18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn ²  and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

2 Raja-raja 21:11

21:11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. ³  He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols. ⁴ 

[5:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.

[18:37]  ² sn As a sign of grief and mourning.

[21:11]  ³ tn Heb “these horrible sins.”

[21:11]  ⁴ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.