2 Raja-raja 18:5

18:5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 19:10-13

19:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over ²  to the king of Assyria.” 19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. ³  Do you really think you will be rescued? ⁴  19:12 Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? ⁵  19:13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of Lair, ⁶  Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

[18:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.”

[19:10]  ² tn Heb “will not be given.”

[19:11]  ³ tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

[19:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

[19:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”

[19:13]  ⁶ sn Lair is a city located in northeastern Babylon. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 235.