2 Raja-raja 6:13

6:13 The king ¹  ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” ²  The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”

2 Raja-raja 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ³  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ⁴  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ⁵  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Raja-raja 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of ⁶  Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped ⁷  other gods;

2 Raja-raja 17:17

17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, ⁸  and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. ⁹ 

2 Raja-raja 20:14

20:14 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”

[6:13]  ¹ tn Heb “he” (also a second time in this verse); the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:13]  ² tn Heb “Go and see where he [is] so I can send and take him.”

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ⁴ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[17:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:17]  ⁸ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.

[17:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”