2 Kings 3:9

3:9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom¹ set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

2 Kings 3:14

3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ² lives (whom I serve),³ if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah,⁴ I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.⁵

2 Kings 8:23

8:23 The rest of the events of Joram’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.⁶

2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria⁷ for seventeen years.

2 Kings 13:10

Jehoash’s Reign over Israel

13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria⁸ for sixteen years.

2 Kings 13:12

13:12 The rest of the events of Joash’s⁹ reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹⁰

2 Kings 14:10

14:10 You thoroughly defeated Edom¹¹ and it has gone to your head!¹² Gloat over your success,¹³ but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”¹⁴

2 Kings 14:15

14:15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s¹⁵ reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹⁶

2 Kings 14:23

Jeroboam II’s Reign over Israel

14:23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria.¹⁷

2 Kings 15:8

Zechariah’s Reign over Israel

15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria¹⁸ for six months.

2 Kings 15:17

Menahem’s Reign over Israel

15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria.¹⁹

2 Kings 15:27

Pekah’s Reign over Israel

15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria²⁰ for twenty years.

2 Kings 18:16

18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated²¹ and gave them to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 19:10

19:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over²² to the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 21:12

21:12 So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.²³

2 Kings 21:16-17

21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end,²⁴ in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.²⁵

21:17 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.²⁶

2 Kings 22:16

22:16 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read.²⁷

2 Kings 22:18

22:18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

2 Kings 23:17

23:17 He asked, “What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied, “It’s the grave of the prophet²⁸ who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

2 Kings 23:22

23:22 He issued this edict because²⁹ a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the judges; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah.³⁰

2 Kings 23:27

23:27 The Lord announced, “I will also spurn Judah,³¹ just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose – both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, “I will live there.”³²

2 Kings 24:2

24:2 The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets.³³

2 Kings 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered³⁴ to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign,³⁵ took Jehoiachin³⁶ prisoner.

2 Kings 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence.³⁷ Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

¹tn Heb “the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom.”

²tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

³tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

⁴tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

⁵tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

⁶tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Joram and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁷map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁸map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁹sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

¹⁰tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

¹¹tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”

¹²tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”

¹³tn Heb “be glorified.”

¹⁴tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

¹⁵sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

¹⁶tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

¹⁷map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁸map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁹map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

²⁰map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

²¹tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”

²²tn Heb “will not be given.”

²³tn Heb “so that everyone who hears it, his two ears will quiver.”

²⁴tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”

²⁵tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

²⁶tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Manasseh, and all which he did, and his sin which he committed, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

²⁷tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”

²⁸tn Heb “man of God.”

²⁹tn The Hebrew text has simply “because.” The translation attempts to reflect more clearly the logical connection between the king’s order and the narrator’s observation. Another option is to interpret כִּי (ki) as asseverative and translate, “indeed.”

³⁰tn Heb “because there had not been observed [one] like this Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel and all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.”

³¹tn Heb “Also Judah I will turn away from my face.”

³²tn Heb “My name will be there.”

³³tn Heb “he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.”

³⁴tn Heb “came out.”

³⁵sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

³⁶tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁷tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”