Discovery Box2 Kings 1:15 
Context1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down 1 with him to the king.
2 Kings 3:14
Context3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all 2 lives (whom I serve), 3 if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, 4 I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. 5
2 Kings 5:1
Context5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, 6 for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. 7
2 Kings 5:6
Context5:6 He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: “This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, 8 whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.”
2 Kings 6:28
Context6:28 Then the king asked her, “What’s your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.’
2 Kings 6:30
Context6:30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes. 9
2 Kings 7:15
Context7:15 So they tracked them 10 as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. 11 The scouts 12 went back and told the king.
2 Kings 7:18
Context7:18 The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”
2 Kings 8:8
Context8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift 13 and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, 14 ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
2 Kings 8:15
Context8:15 The next day Hazael 15 took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s 16 face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.
2 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated 17 you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!” 18
2 Kings 9:13-14
Context9:13 Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu’s 19 feet on the steps. 20 The trumpet was blown 21 and they shouted, “Jehu is 22 king!” 9:14 Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.
Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, 23 guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.
2 Kings 9:18-19
Context9:18 So the horseman 24 went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” 25 Jehu replied, “None of your business! 26 Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them 27 and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” 28 Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”
2 Kings 9:34
Context9:34 He went inside and had a meal. 29 Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.” 30
2 Kings 10:5
Context10:5 So the palace supervisor, 31 the city commissioner, 32 the leaders, 33 and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! 34 Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.” 35
2 Kings 10:7-8
Context10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. 36 They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel. 10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, 37 “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu 38 said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”
2 Kings 11:11
Context11:11 The royal bodyguard 39 took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. 40
2 Kings 12:21
Context12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. 41 He was buried 42 with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
2 Kings 13:7
Context13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left 43 except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops 44 and trampled on them like dust. 45
2 Kings 13:12
Context13:12 The rest of the events of Joash’s 46 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. 47
2 Kings 13:14
Context13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. 48 King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. 49 He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot 50 and horsemen of Israel!” 51
2 Kings 14:15
Context14:15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s 52 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. 53
2 Kings 15:25
Context15:25 His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. 54 Pekah then took his place as king.
2 Kings 15:29-30
Context15:29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, 55 Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people 56 to Assyria. 15:30 Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him 57 and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.
2 Kings 16:8
Context16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were 58 in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute 59 to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 16:17
Context16:17 King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took “The Sea” 60 down from the bronze bulls that supported it 61 and put it on the pavement.
2 Kings 17:7
Context17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of 62 Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped 63 other gods;
2 Kings 17:21
Context17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. 64 Jeroboam drove Israel away 65 from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. 66
2 Kings 17:24
Context17:24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners 67 from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria 68 in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
2 Kings 17:27
Context17:27 So the king of Assyria ordered, “Take back one of the priests whom you 69 deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.” 70
2 Kings 18:10-11
Context18:10 After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured. 18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel 71 to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:18
Context18:18 They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.
2 Kings 18:30
Context18:30 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, “The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
2 Kings 19:6
Context19:6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me. 72
2 Kings 19:37
Context19:37 One day, 73 as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, 74 his sons 75 Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. 76 They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
2 Kings 20:6
Context20:6 I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’” 77
2 Kings 20:14
Context20:14 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”
2 Kings 21:19
Context21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. 78 His mother 79 was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.
2 Kings 22:9
Context22:9 Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, 80 “Your servants melted down the silver in the temple 81 and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple.”
2 Kings 22:16
Context22:16 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read. 82
2 Kings 22:18
Context22:18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:
2 Kings 22:20
Context22:20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 83 You will not have to witness 84 all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.
2 Kings 23:18
Context23:18 The king 85 said, “Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him. 86
2 Kings 23:36
Context23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 87 His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
2 Kings 24:16
Context24:16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors. 88
2 Kings 24:18
Context24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 89 His mother 90 was Hamutal, 91 the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
2 Kings 24:20
Context24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. 92 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 Kings 25:7
Context25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. 93 The king of Babylon 94 then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:11
Context25:11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 95
1 sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.
2 tn Traditionally “the
3 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
4 tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”
5 tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”
6 tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”
7 tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (mÿtsora’), traditionally translated “leprous,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 63. Naaman probably had a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy/Hansen’s disease.
8 tn Heb “and now when this letter comes to you, look, I have sent to you Naaman my servant.”
9 tn Heb “the people saw, and look, [there was] sackcloth against his skin underneath.”
10 tn Heb “went after.”
11 tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”
12 tn Or “messengers.”
13 tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”
14 tn Heb “Inquire of the
15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “anointed.”
18 tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”
19 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “and they hurried and took, each one his garment, and they placed [them] beneath him on the bone [?] of the steps.” The precise nuance of גֶרֶם (gerem), “bone,” is unclear. Some suggest the nuance “bare” here; it may be a technical architectural term in this context.
21 tn Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets.
22 tn Or “has become.”
23 tn Heb “he and all Israel.”
24 tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”
25 tn Heb “Is there peace?”
26 tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”
27 tn Heb “and he came to them.”
28 tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.
29 tn Heb “and he went and ate and drank.”
30 tn Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”
31 tn Heb “the one who was over the house.”
32 tn Heb “the one who was over the city.”
33 tn Or “elders.”
34 tn Heb “servants.”
35 tn Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”
36 tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”
37 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
38 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “the runners” (also in v. 19).
40 tn Heb “and the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
41 tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”
42 tn Heb “they buried him.”
43 tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.
44 tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.
45 tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”
46 sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
47 tn 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?”
48 tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
49 tn Heb “went down to him.”
50 tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
51 sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.
52 sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
53 tn 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?”
54 tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”
sn The precise identity of Argob and Arieh, as well as their relationship to the king, are uncertain. The usual assumption is that they were officials assassinated along with Pekahiah, or that they were two of the more prominent Gileadites involved in the revolt. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 173.
55 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
56 tn Heb “them.”
57 tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”
58 tn Heb “that was found.”
59 tn Or “bribe money.”
60 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.
61 tn Heb “that [were] under it.”
62 tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.
63 tn Heb “feared.”
64 tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”
65 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”
66 tn Heb “a great sin.”
67 tn The object is supplied in the translation.
68 sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.
69 tc The second plural subject may refer to the leaders of the Assyrian army. However, some prefer to read “whom I deported,” changing the verb to a first person singular form with a third masculine plural pronominal suffix. This reading has some support from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic witnesses.
70 tc Heb “and let them go and let them live there, and let him teach them the requirements of the God of the land.” The two plural verbs seem inconsistent with the preceding and following contexts, where only one priest is sent back to Samaria. The singular has the support of Greek, Syriac, and Latin witnesses.
71 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.
72 tn Heb “by which the servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me.”
73 sn The assassination probably took place in 681
74 sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.
75 tc Although “his sons” is absent in the Kethib, it is supported by the Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew
76 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.
77 tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”
78 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
79 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
80 tn Heb “returned the king a word and said.”
81 tn Heb “that was found in the house.”
82 tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”
83 tn Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”
84 tn Heb “your eyes will not see.”
85 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
86 tn Heb “and they left undisturbed his bones, the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.” If the phrase “the bones of the prophet” were appositional to “his bones,” one would expect the sentence to end “from Judah” (see v. 17). Apparently the “prophet” referred to in the second half of the verse is the old prophet from Bethel who buried the man of God from Judah in his own tomb and instructed his sons to bury his bones there as well (1 Kgs 13:30-31). One expects the text to read “from Bethel,” but “Samaria” (which was not even built at the time of the incident recorded in 1 Kgs 13) is probably an anachronistic reference to the northern kingdom in general. See the note at 1 Kgs 13:32 and the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 290.
87 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
88 tn Heb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”
89 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
90 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
91 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
92 tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the
93 tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”
94 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
95 tc The MT has “the multitude.” But הֶהָמוֹן (hehamon) should probably be emended to הֶאָמוֹן (he’amon).
