2 Kings 14:11

14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning,¹ so King Jehoash of Israel attacked.² He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face³ in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Kings 15:14

15:14 Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to⁴ Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh.⁵ He killed him and took his place as king.

2 Kings 16:5

16:5 At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem.⁶ They besieged Ahaz,⁷ but were unable to conquer him.⁸

2 Kings 16:9

16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;⁹ he¹⁰ attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people¹¹ to Kir and executed Rezin.

2 Kings 24:1

24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign,¹² King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked.¹³ Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.¹⁴

¹tn Heb “did not listen.”

²tn Heb “went up.”

³tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”

⁴tn Heb “and came to.”

⁵tn Heb “went up from Tirzah and arrived in Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria.”

⁶tn Heb “went up to Jerusalem for battle.”

⁷tn That is, Jerusalem, Ahaz’s capital city.

⁸tn Heb “they were unable to fight.” The object must be supplied from the preceding sentence. Elsewhere when the Niphal infinitive of לָחָם (lakham) follows the verb יָכֹל (yakhol), the infinitive appears to have the force of “prevail against.” See Num 22:11; 1 Sam 17:9; and the parallel passage in Isa 7:1.

⁹tn Heb “listened to him.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”

¹¹tn Heb “it.”

¹²tn Heb “In his days.”

¹³tn 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.

¹⁴tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”