2 Raja-raja 17:16

17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, ¹  and worshiped ²  Baal.

2 Raja-raja 10:29

A Summary of Jehu’s Reign

10:29 However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel ³  and Dan. ⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 5:26

5:26 Elisha ⁵  replied, “I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. ⁶  This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants. ⁷ 

2 Raja-raja 16:17

16:17 King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took “The Sea” ⁸  down from the bronze bulls that supported it ⁹  and put it on the pavement.

2 Raja-raja 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁰  He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. ¹¹ 

2 Raja-raja 3:17

3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel ¹²  any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’

[17:16]  ¹ tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.

[17:16]  ² tn Or “served.”

[10:29]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[10:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “Except the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which he caused Israel to commit, Jehu did not turn aside from after them – the golden calves which [were in] Bethel and which [were] in Dan.”

[5:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “Did not my heart go as a man turned from his chariot to meet you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes that he was indeed present in “heart” (or “spirit”) and was very much aware of what Gehazi had done. In the MT the interrogative particle has been accidentally omitted before the negative particle.

[5:26]  ⁷ tn In the MT the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is this the time…?” It expects an emphatic negative response.

[16:17]  ⁸ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

[16:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “that [were] under it.”

[10:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

[10:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

[3:17]  ¹² tn Heb “see.”