2 Raja-raja 5:17

5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, ¹  for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. ² 

2 Raja-raja 11:4

11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned ³  the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians ⁴  and the royal bodyguard. ⁵  He met with them ⁶  in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement ⁷  with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

2 Raja-raja 11:12

11:12 Jehoiada ⁸  led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ⁹  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ¹⁰  They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

2 Raja-raja 17:26

17:26 The king of Assyria was told, ¹¹  “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people ¹²  because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”

2 Raja-raja 17:35

17:35 The Lord made an agreement ¹³  with them ¹⁴  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

2 Raja-raja 22:3

22:3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders: ¹⁵ 

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

[11:4]  ³ tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”

[11:4]  ⁴ sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.

[11:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”

[11:4]  ⁷ tn Or “covenant.”

[11:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain. See the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 128. Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant. See HALOT 790-91 s.v. עֵדוּת.

[11:12]  ¹⁰ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

[17:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they said to the king of Assyria, saying.” The plural subject of the verb is indefinite.

[17:26]  ¹² tn Heb “Look they are killing them.”

[17:35]  ¹³ tn Or “covenant.”

[17:35]  ¹⁴ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).

[22:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “with these orders, saying.”