2 Kings 8:3

8:3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. 1 

2 Kings 14:17

14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

2 Kings 14:19

14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 2  so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 3  and they killed him there.

2 Kings 18:5

18:5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. 4 

2 Kings 19:21

19:21 This is what the Lord says about him: 5 

“The virgin daughter Zion 6 

despises you, she makes fun of you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head after you. 7 

2 Kings 23:25

23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses. 8 

2 Kings 25:5

25:5 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, 9  and his entire army deserted him.

1 tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”

2 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”

3 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”

4 tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.”

5 tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

6 sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.

7 sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.

8 tn Heb “and like him there was not a king before him who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his being according to all the law of Moses, and after him none arose like him.”

sn The description of Josiah’s devotion as involving his whole “heart, soul, and being” echoes the language of Deut 6:5.

9 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.