Discovery Box2 Kings 13:5 
Context13:5 The Lord provided a deliverer 1 for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. 2 The Israelites once more lived in security. 3
2 Kings 21:9
Context21:9 But they did not obey, 4 and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:11
Context21:11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. 5 He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols. 6
2 Kings 25:28
Context25:28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than 7 the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
1 sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.
2 tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”
3 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”
4 tn Heb “listen.”
5 tn Heb “these horrible sins.”
6 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
7 tn Heb “made his throne above the throne of.”
