2 Raja-raja 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left ¹  except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops ²  and trampled on them like dust. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 14:26-27

14:26 The Lord saw Israel’s intense suffering; ⁴  everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer. ⁵  14:27 The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory ⁶  from under heaven, ⁷  so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

2 Raja-raja 15:29

15:29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, ⁸  Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people ⁹  to Assyria.

[13:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

[13:7]  ³ tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”

[14:26]  ⁴ tc Heb “for the Lord saw the very bitter affliction of Israel.” This translation assumes an emendation of מֹרֶה (moreh), which is meaningless here, to ַהמַּר (hammar), the adjective “bitter” functioning attributively with the article prefixed. This emendation is supported by the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate. Another option would be מַר הוּא (mar hu’), “it was bitter.”

[14:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “[there was] none but the restrained, and [there was] none but the abandoned, and there was no deliverer for Israel.” On the meaning of the terms עָצוּר (’atsur) and עָזוּב (’azur), see the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

[14:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “name.”

[14:27]  ⁷ tn The phrase “from under heaven” adds emphasis to the verb “blot out” and suggest total annihilation. For other examples of the verb מָחָה (makhah), “blot out,” combined with “from under heaven,” see Exod 17:14; Deut 9:14; 25:19; 29:20.

[15:29]  ⁸ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[15:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “them.”