2 Kings 6:33

6:33 He was still talking to them when 1  the messenger approached 2  and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! 3  Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

2 Kings 11:6

11:6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation 4  Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. 5  You will take turns guarding the palace. 6 

1 tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.

2 tn Heb “came down to him.”

3 tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”

4 tn Heb “the gate of Sur” (followed by many English versions) but no such gate is mentioned elsewhere in the OT. The parallel account in 2 Chr 23:5 has “Foundation Gate.” סוּר (sur), “Sur,” may be a corruption of יְסוֹד (yÿsod) “foundation,” involving in part dalet-resh confusion.

5 tn Heb “the runners.”

6 tn The meaning of מַסָּח (massakh) is not certain. The translation above, rather than understanding it as a genitive modifying “house,” takes it as an adverb describing how the groups will guard the palace. See HALOT 605 s.v. מַסָּח for the proposed meaning “alternating” (i.e., “in turns”).