Discovery Box2 Kings 12:4 
Context12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal 1 all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, 2 the silver received from those who have made vows, 3 and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple. 4
2 Kings 22:19
Context22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit 5 and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. 6 You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.
2 Kings 23:8
Context23:8 He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined 7 the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. 8 He tore down the high place of the goat idols 9 situated at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city gate.
2 Kings 23:30
Context23:30 His servants transported his dead body 10 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, 11 and made him king in his father’s place.
1 tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
3 tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
4 tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the
5 tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”
6 tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.
7 tn Heb “defiled; desecrated,” that is, “made ritually unclean and unusable.”
8 sn These towns marked Judah’s northern and southern borders, respectively, at the time of Josiah.
9 tc The Hebrew text reads “the high places of the gates,” which is problematic in that the rest of the verse speaks of a specific gate. The translation assumes an emendation to בָּמוֹת הַשְּׁעָרִים (bamot hashÿ’arim), “the high place of the goats” (that is, goat idols). Worship of such images is referred to in Lev 17:7 and 2 Chr 11:15. For a discussion of the textual issue, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 286-87.
10 tn Heb “him, dead.”
11 tn Or “anointed him.”
