2 Kings 14:6

14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ¹  “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, ²  and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. ³  A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” ⁴ 

2 Kings 17:13

17:13 The Lord solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, “Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.” ⁵ 

2 Kings 20:20

20:20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring ⁶  water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁷ 

2 Kings 23:3

23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed ⁸  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ⁹  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ¹⁰  by carrying out the terms ¹¹  of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant. ¹² 

2 Kings 23:24

23:24 Josiah also got rid of ¹³  the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, ¹⁴  the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, ¹⁵  and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law ¹⁶  recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

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¹ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

² tn Heb “on account of sons.”

³ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

⁴ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

⁵ tn Heb “obey my commandments and rules according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he brought.”

⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Hezekiah, and all his strength, and how he made a pool and a conduit and brought water to the city, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁸ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”

⁹ tn Heb “walk after.”

¹⁰ tn Or “soul.”

¹¹ tn Heb “words.”

¹² tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”

¹³ tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.

¹⁴ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.

¹⁵ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

¹⁶ tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”