15:27 Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab 8 and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon.
20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria 9 and besieged and attacked it. 10
1 tn Heb “over.”
2 tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.
3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
4 tn Heb “send me away.”
5 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
6 tn Heb “he struck down.”
7 tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”
8 tn Heb “against him”; the referent (Nadab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
10 tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”
11 tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”
12 tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”
13 tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”