2 Raja-raja 1:4

1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.

2 Raja-raja 6:22

6:22 He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? ¹  Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”

2 Raja-raja 9:7

9:7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. ²  I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 11:6

11:6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation ⁴  Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. ⁵  You will take turns guarding the palace. ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 12:11

12:11 They would then hand over ⁷  the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen ⁸  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple,

2 Raja-raja 12:13

12:13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.

2 Raja-raja 13:11

13:11 He did evil in the sight of ⁹  the Lord. He did not repudiate ¹⁰  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins. ¹¹ 

2 Raja-raja 13:18

13:18 Then Elisha ¹²  said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. ¹³  He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped.

2 Raja-raja 15:35

15:35 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple.

2 Raja-raja 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ¹⁴  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ¹⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 17:36

17:36 Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; ¹⁶  bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.

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.

[6:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Are [they] ones you captured with your sword or your bow (that) you can strike (them) down?”

[9:7]  ² tn Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”

[9:7]  ³ tn Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”

[11:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the gate of Sur” (followed by many English versions) but no such gate is mentioned elsewhere in the OT. The parallel account in 2 Chr 23:5 has “Foundation Gate.” סוּר (sur), “Sur,” may be a corruption of יְסוֹד (yÿsod) “foundation,” involving in part dalet-resh confusion.

[11:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:6]  ⁶ tn The meaning of מַסָּח (massakh) is not certain. The translation above, rather than understanding it as a genitive modifying “house,” takes it as an adverb describing how the groups will guard the palace. See HALOT 605 s.v. מַסָּח for the proposed meaning “alternating” (i.e., “in turns”).

[12:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “would give.”

[12:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[13:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “turn away from all.”

[13:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in it he walked.”

[13:18]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he took [them].”

[17:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

[17:36]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and outstretched arm.”