2 Raja-raja 1:14

1:14 Indeed, ¹  fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. ²  So now, please have respect for my life.”

2 Raja-raja 4:16

4:16 He said, “About this time next year ³  you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

2 Raja-raja 6:1

Elisha Makes an Ax Head Float

6:1 Some of the prophets ⁴  said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you ⁵  is too cramped ⁶  for us.

2 Raja-raja 7:16

7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah ⁷  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. ⁸ 

2 Raja-raja 8:2

8:2 So the woman did as the prophet said. ⁹  She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

2 Raja-raja 9:30

9:30 Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, ¹⁰  fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

2 Raja-raja 9:34

9:34 He went inside and had a meal. ¹¹  Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.” ¹² 

2 Raja-raja 12:19

12:19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹³ 

2 Raja-raja 13:12

13:12 The rest of the events of Joash’s ¹⁴  reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 18:28

18:28 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, ¹⁶  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

2 Raja-raja 19:19-20

19:19 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

19:20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria. ¹⁷ 

2 Raja-raja 20:20

20:20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring ¹⁸  water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹⁹ 

2 Raja-raja 22:18

22:18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

2 Raja-raja 23:28

23:28 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ²⁰ 

[1:14]  ¹ tn Heb “look.”

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “their fifty.”

[4:16]  ³ tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “sit before you.”

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “narrow, tight.”

[7:16]  ⁷ sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[7:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[8:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God.”

[9:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “she fixed her eyes with antimony.” Antimony (פּוּךְ, pukh) was used as a cosmetic. The narrator portrays her as a prostitute (see Jer 4:30), a role she has played in the spiritual realm (see the note at v. 22).

[9:34]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he went and ate and drank.”

[9:34]  ¹² tn Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”

[12:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[13:12]  ¹⁴ sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

[13:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[18:28]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew text also has, “and he spoke and said.”

[19:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “That which you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” The verb “I have heard” does not appear in the parallel passage in Isa 37:21, where אֲשֶׁר (’asher) probably has a causal sense, “because.”

[20:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and he brought.”

[20:20]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Hezekiah, and all his strength, and how he made a pool and a conduit and brought water to the city, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[23:28]  ²⁰ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Josiah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”