2 Kings 8:23

8:23 The rest of the events of Joram’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.¹

2 Kings 10:34

10:34 The rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.²

2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria³ for seventeen years.

2 Kings 13:8

13:8 The rest of the events of Jehoahaz’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.⁴

2 Kings 13:10

Jehoash’s Reign over Israel

13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria⁵ for sixteen years.

2 Kings 13:12

13:12 The rest of the events of Joash’s⁶ reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.⁷

2 Kings 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.⁸ His mother⁹ was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:15

14:15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s¹⁰ reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹¹

2 Kings 14:23

Jeroboam II’s Reign over Israel

14:23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria.¹²

2 Kings 14:28

14:28 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including all his accomplishments, his military success in restoring Israelite control over Damascus and Hamath, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.¹³

2 Kings 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem.¹⁴ His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:8

Zechariah’s Reign over Israel

15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria¹⁵ for six months.

2 Kings 15:17-18

Menahem’s Reign over Israel

15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria.¹⁶ 15:18 He did evil in the sight of¹⁷ the Lord; he did not repudiate¹⁸ the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.¹⁹

During his reign,

2 Kings 15:27

Pekah’s Reign over Israel

15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria²⁰ for twenty years.

2 Kings 15:29-30

15:29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor,²¹ Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people²² to Assyria. 15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him²³ and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 16:2

16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.²⁴ He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.²⁵

2 Kings 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.²⁶ His mother²⁷ was Abi,²⁸ the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 21:17

21:17 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.²⁹

2 Kings 22:3

22:3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders:³⁰

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward³¹ the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho³² killed him at Megiddo³³ when he saw him.

2 Kings 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered³⁴ to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign,³⁵ took Jehoiachin³⁶ prisoner.

¹tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Joram and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

²tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehu, and all which he did and all his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

³map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁴tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoahaz, and all which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

⁵map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁶sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

⁷tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

⁸map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

¹⁰sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.

¹¹tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

¹²map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹³tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?” The phrase “to Judah” is probably not original; it may be a scribal addition by a Judahite scribe who was trying to link Jeroboam’s conquests with the earlier achievements of David and Solomon, who ruled in Judah. The Syriac Peshitta has simply “to Israel.” M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 162) offer this proposal, but acknowledge that it is “highly speculative.”

¹⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁵map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁶map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁷tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁸tn Heb “turn away from.”

¹⁹tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְיֹמָיו (bÿyomav), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.

²⁰map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

²¹map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

²²tn Heb “them.”

²³tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”

²⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁵tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

²⁶map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁷tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

²⁸tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

²⁹tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Manasseh, and all which he did, and his sin which he committed, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

³⁰tn Heb “with these orders, saying.”

³¹tn 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.

³²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³³map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

³⁴tn Heb “came out.”

³⁵sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

³⁶tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.