2 Kings 3:24

3:24 When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab.

2 Kings 17:2

17:2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

tn Heb “they.”

tc The consonantal text (Kethib) suggests, “and they went, striking down,” but the marginal reading (Qere) is “they struck down, striking down.” For a discussion of the textual problem, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 46.

tn Heb “in the eyes of.”