2 Kings 7:6

7:6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”

2 Kings 9:21

9:21 Jehoram ordered, “Hitch up my chariot.” ¹  When his chariot had been hitched up, ²  King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots ³  to meet Jehu. They met up with him ⁴  in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.

2 Kings 19:23

19:23 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ⁵ 

‘With my many chariots ⁶ 

I climbed up the high mountains,

the slopes of Lebanon.

I cut down its tall cedars,

and its best evergreens.

I invaded its most remote regions, ⁷ 

its thickest woods.

2 Kings 23:11

23:11 He removed from the entrance to the Lord’s temple the statues of horses ⁸  that the kings of Judah had placed there in honor of the sun god. (They were kept near the room of Nathan Melech the eunuch, which was situated among the courtyards.) ⁹  He burned up the chariots devoted to the sun god. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn The words “my chariot” are added for clarification.

² tn Heb “and he hitched up his chariot.”

³ tn Heb “each in his chariot and they went out.”

⁴ tn Heb “they found him.”

⁵ tn The word is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai), “lord,” but some Hebrew mss have יְהוָה (yehvah), “Lord.”

⁶ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has בְּרֶכֶב (bÿrekhev), but this must be dittographic (note the following רִכְבִּי [rikhbi], “my chariots”). The marginal reading (Qere) בְּרֹב (bÿrov), “with many,” is supported by many Hebrew mss and ancient versions, as well as the parallel passage in Isa 37:24.

⁷ tn Heb “the lodging place of its extremity.”

⁸ tn The MT simply reads “the horses.” The words “statues of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “who/which was in the […?].” The meaning of the Hebrew term פַּרְוָרִים (parvarim), translated here “courtyards,” is uncertain. The relative clause may indicate where the room was located or explain who Nathan Melech was, “the eunuch who was in the courtyards.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 288-89, who translate “the officer of the precincts.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the chariots of the sun he burned with fire.”