Discovery Box2 Kings 17:24 
Context17:24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners 1 from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria 2 in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
2 Kings 20:14
Context20:14 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”
2 Kings 20:17
Context20:17 ‘Look, a time is 3 coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
2 Kings 24:7
Context24:7 The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River.
2 Kings 24:20
Context24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. 4 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 Kings 25:11
Context25:11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 5
2 Kings 25:13
Context25:13 The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the Lord’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the “The Sea.” 6 They took the bronze to Babylon.
1 tn The object is supplied in the translation.
2 sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.
3 tn Heb “days are.”
4 tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the
5 tc The MT has “the multitude.” But הֶהָמוֹן (hehamon) should probably be emended to הֶאָמוֹן (he’amon).
6 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.
