Discovery Box2 Kings 13:19 
Context13:19 The prophet 1 got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 2 But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”
2 Kings 23:16
Context23:16 When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; 3 he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord’s announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah 4 turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this. 5
1 tn Heb “man of God.”
2 tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.
3 tn Heb “and he sent and took the bones from the tombs.”
4 tn Heb “the king”; this has been specified as “King Josiah” in the translation for clarity (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).
5 tc The MT is much shorter than this. It reads, “according to the word of the
sn This recalls the prophecy recorded in 1 Kgs 13:2.
