2 Kings 10:16

10:16 Jehu ¹  said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord’s cause.” ²  So he ³  took him along in his chariot.

2 Kings 11:3

11:3 He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple ⁴  for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

2 Kings 11:7

11:7 The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord’s temple and protect the king. ⁵ 

2 Kings 11:10

11:10 The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 12:13

12:13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.

2 Kings 12:16

12:16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

2 Kings 13:4

13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy ⁶  and the Lord responded favorably, ⁷  for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. ⁸ 

2 Kings 15:12

15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, ⁹  “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ¹⁰  That is exactly what happened. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 19:14

19:14 Hezekiah took the letter ¹²  from the messengers and read it. ¹³  Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

2 Kings 22:5

22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen ¹⁴  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 23:7

23:7 He tore down the quarters ¹⁶  of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines ¹⁷  for Asherah.

2 Kings 23:26

23:26 Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done. ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 25:9

25:9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. ¹⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and see my zeal for the Lord.”

³ tc The MT has a plural form, but this is most likely an error. The LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate all have the singular.

⁴ tn Heb “and he was with her [in] the house of the Lord hiding.”

⁵ tn Verses 5b-7 read literally, “the third of you, the ones entering [on] the Sabbath and the ones guarding the guard of the house of the king, and the third in the gate of Sur, and the third in the gate behind the runners, and you will guard the guard of the house, alternating. And the two units of you, all the ones going out [on] the Sabbath, and they will guard the guard of the house of the Lord for the king.” The precise meaning of this text is impossible to determine. It would appear that the Carians and royal bodyguard were divided into three units. One unit would serve during the Sabbath; the other two would be off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada divided the first unit into three groups and assigned them different locations. The two off duty units were assigned the task of guarding the king.

⁶ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the Lord heard.”

⁸ tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”

⁹ tn Heb “It was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying.”

¹⁰ tn “sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

sn See the note at 2 Kgs 10:30.

¹¹ tn Heb “and it was so.”

¹² tc The MT has the plural, “letters,” but the final mem is probably dittographic (note the initial mem on the form that immediately follows). Some Greek and Aramaic witnesses have the singular.

¹³ tc The MT has the plural suffix, “them,” but this probably reflects a later harmonization to the preceding textual corruption (of “letter” to “letters”). The parallel passage in Isa 37:14 has the singular suffix.

¹⁴ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”

¹⁶ tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “houses.” Perhaps tent-shrines made from cloth are in view (see BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת). M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 286) understand this as referring to clothes made for images of the goddess.

¹⁸ tn Heb “Yet the Lord did not turn away from the fury of his great anger, which raged against Judah, on account of all the infuriating things by which Manasseh had made him angry.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”