2 Raja-raja 5:27

5:27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict ¹  you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi ²  went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 17:9

17:9 The Israelites said things about the Lord their God that were not right. ⁴  They built high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress. ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 17:25

17:25 When they first moved in, ⁶  they did not worship ⁷  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Raja-raja 17:36-37

17:36 Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; ⁸  bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him. 17:37 You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.

[5:27]  ¹ tn Heb “cling to.”

[5:27]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:27]  ³ tn Traditionally, “he went from before him, leprous like snow.” But see the note at 5:1, as well as M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 66.

[17:9]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the verb וַיְחַפְּאוּ (vayÿkhappÿ’u), translated here “said,” is uncertain. Some relate it to the verbal root חָפַה (khafah), “to cover,” and translate “they did it in secret” (see BDB 341 s.v. חָפָא). However, the pagan practices specified in the following sentences were hardly done in secret. Others propose a meaning “ascribe, impute,” which makes good contextual sense but has little etymological support (see HALOT 339 s.v. חפא). In this case Israel claimed that the Lord authorized their pagan practices.

[17:9]  ⁵ sn That is, from the city’s perimeter to the central citadel.

[17:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

[17:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “and outstretched arm.”