Discovery Box2 Kings 1:4 
Context1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.
2 Kings 18:19
Context18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? 1
2 Kings 18:29
Context18:29 This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand! 2
2 Kings 19:20-21
Context19:20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria. 3 19:21 This is what the Lord says about him: 4
“The virgin daughter Zion 5
despises you, she makes fun of you;
Daughter Jerusalem
shakes her head after you. 6
2 Kings 22:15
Context22:15 and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:
1 tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”
2 tc The MT has “his hand,” but this is due to graphic confusion of vav (ו) and yod (י). The translation reads “my hand,” along with many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “That which you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” The verb “I have heard” does not appear in the parallel passage in Isa 37:21, where אֲשֶׁר (’asher) probably has a causal sense, “because.”
4 tn Heb “this is the word which the
5 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.
6 sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.
