2 Kings 17:25
17:25 When they first moved in, 1 they did not worship 2 the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.
2 Kings 18:5
18:5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. 3
2 Kings 18:35
18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” 4
2 Kings 21:14
21:14 I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people 5 and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies, 6
1 tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”
2 tn Heb “fear.”
3 tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.”
4 tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?
5 tn Heb “the remnant of my inheritance.” In this context the Lord’s remnant is the tribe of Judah, which had been preserved when the Assyrians conquered and deported the northern tribes. See 17:18 and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 269.
6 tn Heb “they will become plunder and spoils of war for all their enemies.”