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 7:7

7:7 So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

2 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ²  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ³  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Raja-raja 17:18

17:18 So the Lord was furious ⁴  with Israel and rejected them; ⁵  only the tribe of Judah was left.

2 Raja-raja 22:18

22:18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

[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.

[15:5]  ² tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

[15:5]  ³ tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[17:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “very angry.”

[17:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”