2 Raja-raja 9:16

9:16 Jehu drove his chariot ¹  to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating ²  there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit ³  Joram.)

2 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ⁴  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁵  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Raja-raja 20:12

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan ⁶  son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

¹ tn Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”

² tn Heb “lying down.”

³ tn Heb “to see.”

⁴ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tc The MT has “Berodach-Baladan,” but several Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:1 and read “Merodach-Baladan.”