2 Kings 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 Kings 1:8

1:8 They replied,¹ “He was a hairy man² and had a leather belt³ tied around his waist.” The king⁴ said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”

2 Kings 1:18

1:18 The rest of the events of Ahaziah’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.⁵

2 Kings 2:8

2:8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

2 Kings 4:12

4:12 He told his servant Gehazi, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.”⁶ So he did so and she came to him.⁷

2 Kings 4:20

4:20 So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap⁸ until noon and then died.

2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria!⁹ Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 5:21

5:21 So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”¹⁰

2 Kings 5:25

5:25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

2 Kings 6:8

Elisha Defeats an Army

6:8 Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade¹¹ at such and such¹² a place.”

2 Kings 6:11

6:11 This made the king of Syria upset.¹³ So he summoned his advisers¹⁴ and said to them, “One of us must be helping the king of Israel.”¹⁵

2 Kings 6:31

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely¹⁶ if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”¹⁷

2 Kings 8:14

8:14 He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad¹⁸ asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael¹⁹ replied, “He told me you would surely recover.”

2 Kings 8:19

8:19 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of²⁰ his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.²¹

2 Kings 9:16

9:16 Jehu drove his chariot²² to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating²³ there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit²⁴ Joram.)

2 Kings 10:3

10:3 pick the best and most capable²⁵ of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend²⁶ your master’s dynasty.”

2 Kings 10:11

10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.

2 Kings 10:16

10:16 Jehu²⁷ said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord’s cause.”²⁸ So he²⁹ took him along in his chariot.

2 Kings 11:3

11:3 He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple³⁰ for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

2 Kings 12:1

12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem.³¹ His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Kings 12:19

12:19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.³²

2 Kings 13:16

13:16 Then Elisha³³ told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.”³⁴ He did so,³⁵ and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands.

2 Kings 14:21

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Kings 15:6

15:6 The rest of the events of Azariah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.³⁶

2 Kings 15:12

15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu,³⁷ “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.”³⁸ That is exactly what happened.³⁹

2 Kings 15:14

15:14 Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to⁴⁰ Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh.⁴¹ He killed him and took his place as king.

2 Kings 15:21

15:21 The rest of the events of Menahem’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.⁴²

2 Kings 15:26

15:26 The rest of the events of Pekahiah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.⁴³

2 Kings 15:31

15:31 The rest of the events of Pekah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.⁴⁴

2 Kings 15:33

15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.⁴⁵ His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Kings 15:36

15:36 The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.⁴⁶

2 Kings 16:9

16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;⁴⁷ he⁴⁸ attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people⁴⁹ to Kir and executed Rezin.

2 Kings 16:19

16:19 The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.⁵⁰

2 Kings 17:20

17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated⁵¹ them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.

2 Kings 18:7

18:7 The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors.⁵² He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.⁵³

2 Kings 19:19

19:19 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

2 Kings 19:31

19:31 For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;

survivors will come out of Mount Zion.

The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord⁵⁴ to his people⁵⁵ will accomplish this.

2 Kings 21:1

Manasseh’s Reign over Judah

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.⁵⁶ His mother⁵⁷ was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 21:11

21:11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins.⁵⁸ He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.⁵⁹

2 Kings 22:1-2

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.⁶⁰ His mother⁶¹ was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath. 22:2 He did what the Lord approved⁶² and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps;⁶³ he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Kings 23:25

23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.⁶⁴

2 Kings 23:28

23:28 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.⁶⁵

2 Kings 23:31

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah

23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.⁶⁶ His mother⁶⁷ was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Kings 23:34

23:34 Pharaoh Necho made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in Josiah’s place, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.⁶⁸

2 Kings 24:1

24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign,⁶⁹ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked.⁷⁰ Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.⁷¹

2 Kings 24:5

24:5 The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.⁷²

2 Kings 24:8

Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah

24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.⁷³ His mother⁷⁴ was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:15

24:15 He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king’s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land.⁷⁵

2 Kings 25:5

25:5 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho,⁷⁶ and his entire army deserted him.

¹tn Heb “said to him.”

²tn Heb “an owner of hair.” This idiomatic expression indicates that Elijah was very hairy. For other examples where the idiom “owner of” is used to describe a characteristic of someone, see HALOT 143 s.v. בַּעַל. For example, an “owner of dreams” is one who frequently has dreams (Gen 37:19) and an “owner of anger” is a hot-tempered individual (Prov 22:24).

³tn Heb “belt of skin” (i.e., one made from animal hide).

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not recorded in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

⁶tn Heb “Call for this Shunammite woman.”

⁷tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood before him.”

⁸tn Heb “knees.”

⁹map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁰tn Heb “Is there peace?”

¹¹tc The verb form used here is difficult to analyze. On the basis of the form נְחִתִּים (nÿkhitim) in v. 9 from the root נָחַת (nakhat), it is probably best to emend the verb to תִּנְחְתוּ (tinkhÿtu; a Qal imperfect form from the same root). The verb נָחַת in at least two other instances carries the nuance “go down, descend” in a military context. For a defense of this view, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 72.

¹²sn The advisers would have mentioned a specific location, but the details are not significant to the narrator’s purpose, so he simply paraphrases here.

¹³tn Heb “and the heart of the king of Syria was stirred up over this thing.”

¹⁴tn Heb “servants.”

¹⁵tn Heb “Will you not tell me who among us [is] for the king of Israel?” The sarcastic rhetorical question expresses the king’s suspicion.

¹⁶tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

¹⁷tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

¹⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰tn The Hebrew has only one sentence, “and the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah for the sake of.” The translation divides it for the sake of clarity.

²¹tn Heb “just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty; this is reflected in the translation.

²²tn Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”

²³tn Heb “lying down.”

²⁴tn Heb “to see.”

²⁵tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.

²⁶tn Or “fight for.”

²⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁸tn Heb “and see my zeal for the Lord.”

²⁹tc The MT has a plural form, but this is most likely an error. The LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate all have the singular.

³⁰tn Heb “and he was with her [in] the house of the Lord hiding.”

³¹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³²tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

³³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁴tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”

³⁵tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”

³⁶tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Azariah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

³⁷tn Heb “It was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying.”

³⁸tn “sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

sn See the note at 2 Kgs 10:30.

³⁹tn Heb “and it was so.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “and came to.”

⁴¹tn Heb “went up from Tirzah and arrived in Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria.”

⁴²tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Menahem, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

⁴³tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Pekahiah, and all which he did, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

⁴⁴tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Pekah, and all which he did, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

⁴⁵map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴⁶tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jotham, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁴⁷tn Heb “listened to him.”

⁴⁸tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”

⁴⁹tn Heb “it.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Ahaz, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁵¹tn Or “afflicted.”

⁵²tn Heb “in all which he went out [to do], he was successful.”

⁵³tn Heb “and did not serve him.”

⁵⁴tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

⁵⁵tn Heb “the zeal of the Lord.” In this context the Lord’s “zeal” refers to his intense devotion to and love for his people which prompts him to protect and restore them. The Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions, has “the zeal of the LORD of hosts” rather than “the zeal of the LORD” (Kethib). The translation follows the Qere here.

⁵⁶map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵⁷tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁵⁸tn Heb “these horrible sins.”

⁵⁹sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

⁶⁰map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶¹tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁶²tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁶³tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”

⁶⁴tn Heb “and like him there was not a king before him who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his being according to all the law of Moses, and after him none arose like him.”

sn The description of Josiah’s devotion as involving his whole “heart, soul, and being” echoes the language of Deut 6:5.

⁶⁵tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Josiah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁶⁶map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶⁷tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁶⁸tn Heb “and he took Jehoahaz, and he came to Egypt and he died there.”

⁶⁹tn Heb “In his days.”

⁷⁰tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.

⁷¹tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”

⁷²tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoiakim, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁷³map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷⁴tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁷⁵tn Heb “and he deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the mighty of the land he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.”

⁷⁶map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.