2 Kings 18:24

18:24 Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen. ¹ 

2 Kings 19:24

19:24 I dug wells and drank

water in foreign lands. ² 

With the soles of my feet I dried up

all the rivers of Egypt.’

2 Kings 21:15

21:15 because they have done evil in my sight ³  and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

2 Kings 23:34

23:34 Pharaoh Necho made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in Josiah’s place, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “How can you turn back the face of an official [from among] the least of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?” In vv. 23-24 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 21. His reasoning seems to be as follows: “In your weakened condition you obviously need military strength. Agree to the king’s terms and I will personally give you more horses than you are capable of outfitting. If I, a mere minor official, am capable of giving you such military might, just think what power the king has. There is no way the Egyptians can match our strength. It makes much better sense to deal with us.”

² tn Heb “I dug and drank foreign waters.”

³ tn Heb “in my eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he took Jehoahaz, and he came to Egypt and he died there.”