2 Kings 4:4-5
4:4 Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; 1 set aside each one when you have filled it.”
4:5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.
2 Kings 10:2-3
10:2 “You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives, 2
10:3 pick the best and most capable 3 of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend 4 your master’s dynasty.”
2 Kings 17:31
17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, 5 and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 6 the gods of Sepharvaim.
1 tn Heb “all these vessels.”
2 tn Heb “And now when this letter comes to you – with you are the sons of your master and with you are chariots and horses and a fortified city and weapons.”
3 tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.
4 tn Or “fight for.”
5 sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.
6 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.