2 Kings 11:15

11:15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, 1  “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 2  Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 3 

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, 4  and the guards 5  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of 6  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. 7  The king 8  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces 9  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 10 

2 Kings 25:1

25:1 So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside 11  it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign. 12 

1 tn The Hebrew text also has, “and said to them.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated.

2 tn Heb “ranks.”

3 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.’”

4 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

5 tn Or “doorkeepers.”

6 tn Heb “for.”

7 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

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

9 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

10 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

11 tn Or “against.”

12 sn This would have been Jan 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April).