2 Kings 9:6

9:6 So Jehu got up and went inside. Then the prophet poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord’s people Israel.

2 Kings 20:13

20:13 Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.

2 Kings 23:30

23:30 His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father’s place.


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

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

tc Heb “listened to.” Some Hebrew mss, as well as the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:2 and read, “was happy with.”

tn Heb “there was nothing which Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his kingdom.”

tn Heb “him, dead.”

tn Or “anointed him.”