2 Kings 7:20

7:20 This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

2 Kings 12:3

12:3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

2 Kings 12:8

12:8 The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.

2 Kings 14:4

14:4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

2 Kings 15:4

15:4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

2 Kings 18:36

18:36 The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

2 Kings 24:4

24:4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.


tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.

tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.

tn Heb “and also the blood of the innocent which he shed, and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.”