2 Raja-raja 5:12

5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! ¹  Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

2 Raja-raja 6:9

6:9 But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, “Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.”

2 Raja-raja 7:5

7:5 So they started toward ²  the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

2 Raja-raja 9:16

9:16 Jehu drove his chariot ³  to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating ⁴  there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit ⁵  Joram.)

2 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ⁶  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁷  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

[5:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “they arose to go to.”

[9:16]  ³ tn Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “lying down.”

[9:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “to see.”

[15:5]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

[15:5]  ⁷ tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.