2 Kings 3:7
3:7 He sent 1 this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?” Jehoshaphat 2 replied, “I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal.” 3
2 Kings 4:13
4:13 Elisha said to Gehazi, 4 “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. 5 What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.” 6
2 Kings 7:6
7:6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”
2 Kings 11:15
11:15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, 7 “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 8 Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 9
2 Kings 18:17
18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser 10 from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, 11 along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went 12 and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 13
2 Kings 25:1
25:1 So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside 14 it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign. 15
2 Kings 25:19
25:19 From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five 16 of the king’s advisers 17 who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens 18 for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.
2 Kings 25:23
25:23 All of the officers of the Judahite army 19 and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite.
1 tn Heb “went and sent.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoshaphat) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “I will go up – like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
4 tn Heb “he said to him.”
5 tn Heb “you have turned trembling to us with all this trembling.” The exaggerated language is probably idiomatic. The point seems to be that she has taken great pains or gone out of her way to be kind to them. Her concern was a sign of her respect for the prophetic office.
6 tn Heb “Among my people I am living.” This answer suggests that she has security within the context of her family.
7 tn The Hebrew text also has, “and said to them.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated.
8 tn Heb “ranks.”
9 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.’”
10 sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
12 tn Heb “and they went up and came.”
13 tn Heb “the field of the washer.”
14 tn Or “against.”
15 sn This would have been Jan 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April).
16 tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”
17 tn Heb “five seers of the king’s face.”
18 tn Heb “the people of the land.”
19 tn Heb “of the army.” The word “Judahite” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.