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 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward 4  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho 5  killed him at Megiddo 6  when he saw him.

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 “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

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

6 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.