Discovery Box2 Kings 11:15 
Context11:15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, 1 “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 2 Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 3
2 Kings 15:5
Context15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease 4 until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 5 while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:19
Context25:19 From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five 6 of the king’s advisers 7 who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens 8 for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.
1 tn The Hebrew text also has, “and said to them.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated.
2 tn Heb “ranks.”
3 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Let her not be put to death in the house of the
4 tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.
5 tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.
6 tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”
7 tn Heb “five seers of the king’s face.”
8 tn Heb “the people of the land.”
