2 Kings 4:23

4:23 He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon ¹  or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.” ² 

2 Kings 6:24

The Lord Saves Samaria

6:24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked ³  and besieged Samaria. ⁴ 

2 Kings 10:7

10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. ⁵  They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.

2 Kings 14:3

14:3 He did what the Lord approved, ⁶  but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash. ⁷ 

2 Kings 17:32

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ⁸  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ⁹ 

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¹ sn The new moon was a time of sacrifice and special feasts (Num 28:14; 1 Sam 20:5). Apparently it was a convenient time to visit a prophet. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

² tn Heb “peace.”

³ tn Heb “went up.”

⁴ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁵ tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”

⁶ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “according to all which Joash his father had done, he did.”

⁸ tn Heb “feared.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”