2 Raja-raja 12:9

12:9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of ¹  the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple.

2 Raja-raja 18:16

18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated ²  and gave them to the king of Assyria.

2 Raja-raja 22:4

22:4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down ³  the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

2 Raja-raja 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ⁴  and the guards ⁵  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ⁶  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ⁷  The king ⁸  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ⁹  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ¹⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 25:18

25:18 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

[12:9]  ¹ tn Heb “on the right side of the altar as a man enters.”

[18:16]  ² tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”

[22:4]  ³ tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (vÿyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hitikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (vÿyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.

[23:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

[23:4]  ⁵ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ⁹ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.