2 Kings 8:15

8:15 The next day Hazael 1  took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s 2  face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 12:21

12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. 3  He was buried 4  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 19:37

19:37 One day, 5  as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, 6  his sons 7  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. 8  They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

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

2 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”

4 tn Heb “they buried him.”

5 sn The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.

6 sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.

7 tc Although “his sons” is absent in the Kethib, it is supported by the Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions. Cf. Isa 37:38.

8 sn Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 239-40.