2 Kings 17:36
17:36 Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; 1 bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.
2 Kings 23:29
23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward 2 the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho 3 killed him at Megiddo 4 when he saw him.
2 Kings 25:26
25:26 Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for 5 Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.
1 tn Heb “and outstretched arm.”
2 tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.
5 tn Heb “arose and went to.”