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2 Kings 14:5

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14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 1  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 2 

2 Kings 15:10

Context
15:10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam 3  and took his place as king.

1 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure in his hand.”

2 tn Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”

3 tc The MT reads, “and he struck him down before the people and killed him” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). However, the reading קָבָל עָם (qavalam), “before the people,” is problematic to some because קָבָל is a relatively late Aramaic term. Nevertheless, the Aramaic term qobel certainly antedates the writing of Kings. The bigger problem seems to be the unnecessary intrusion of an Aramaic word at all here. Most interpreters prefer to follow Lucian’s Greek version and read “in Ibleam” (בְיִבְלְעָם, bÿivleam). Cf. NAB, TEV.



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