2 Raja-raja 3:9

3:9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom ¹  set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

2 Raja-raja 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ²  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ³  killed him at Megiddo ⁴  when he saw him.

2 Raja-raja 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered ⁵  to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, ⁶  took Jehoiachin ⁷  prisoner.

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom.”

[23:29]  ² tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

[23:29]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:29]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[24:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “came out.”

[24:12]  ⁶ sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

[24:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.