2 Kings 11:6

11:6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation ¹  Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. ²  You will take turns guarding the palace. ³ 

2 Kings 11:11-12

11:11 The royal bodyguard ⁴  took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ⁵  11:12 Jehoiada ⁶  led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ⁷  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ⁸  They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 12:10

12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary ⁹  and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 14:14

14:14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. ¹¹  Then he went back to Samaria. ¹² 

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2 Kings 15:25

15:25 His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. ¹³  Pekah then took his place as king.

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were ¹⁴  in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute ¹⁵  to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 25:8

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

25:8 On the seventh ¹⁶  day of the fifth month, ¹⁷  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard ¹⁸  who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 25:11

25:11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. ²⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “the gate of Sur” (followed by many English versions) but no such gate is mentioned elsewhere in the OT. The parallel account in 2 Chr 23:5 has “Foundation Gate.” סוּר (sur), “Sur,” may be a corruption of יְסוֹד (yÿsod) “foundation,” involving in part dalet-resh confusion.

² tn Heb “the runners.”

³ tn The meaning of מַסָּח (massakh) is not certain. The translation above, rather than understanding it as a genitive modifying “house,” takes it as an adverb describing how the groups will guard the palace. See HALOT 605 s.v. מַסָּח for the proposed meaning “alternating” (i.e., “in turns”).

⁴ tn Heb “the runners” (also in v. 19).

⁵ tn Heb “and the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

⁹ tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

¹¹ tn Heb “the sons of the pledges.”

¹² map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹³ tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”

sn The precise identity of Argob and Arieh, as well as their relationship to the king, are uncertain. The usual assumption is that they were officials assassinated along with Pekahiah, or that they were two of the more prominent Gileadites involved in the revolt. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 173.

¹⁴ tn Heb “that was found.”

¹⁵ tn Or “bribe money.”

¹⁶ tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

¹⁷ sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹⁸ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

¹⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁰ tc The MT has “the multitude.” But הֶהָמוֹן (hehamon) should probably be emended to הֶאָמוֹן (he’amon).