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 8:18

8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter.² He did evil in the sight of³ the Lord.

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.⁴

2 Kings 9:34

9:34 He went inside and had a meal.⁵ Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”⁶

2 Kings 10:7-8

10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them.⁷ They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel. 10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu,⁸ “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu⁹ said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

2 Kings 10:34

10:34 The rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹⁰

2 Kings 11:12

11:12 Jehoiada¹¹ led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia.¹² They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head.¹³ They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 13:8

13:8 The rest of the events of Jehoahaz’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹⁴

2 Kings 13:12

13:12 The rest of the events of Joash’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 14:15

14:15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s¹⁷ 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.¹⁸

2 Kings 14:28

14:28 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including all his accomplishments, his military success in restoring Israelite control over Damascus and Hamath, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹⁹

2 Kings 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of²⁰ the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire,²¹ a horrible sin practiced by the nations²² whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:17

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.²³

2 Kings 23:19

23:19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the Lord.²⁴ He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel.²⁵

2 Kings 23:22

23:22 He issued this edict because²⁶ 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.²⁷

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

²tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”

³tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴tn 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?”

⁵tn Heb “and he went and ate and drank.”

⁶tn Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”

⁷tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”

⁸tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehu, and all which he did and all his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain. See the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 128. Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant. See HALOT 790-91 s.v. עֵדוּת.

¹³tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

¹⁴tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoahaz, and all which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

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

¹⁶tn 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?”

¹⁷sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

¹⁸tn 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?”

¹⁹tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?” The phrase “to Judah” is probably not original; it may be a scribal addition by a Judahite scribe who was trying to link Jeroboam’s conquests with the earlier achievements of David and Solomon, who ruled in Judah. The Syriac Peshitta has simply “to Israel.” M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 162) offer this proposal, but acknowledge that it is “highly speculative.”

²⁰tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

²¹sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

²²tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

²³tn 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?”

²⁴tc Heb “which the kings of Israel had made, angering.” The object has been accidentally omitted in the MT. It appears in the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions.

²⁵tn Heb “and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.”

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²⁶tn 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.”

²⁷tn 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.”