Discovery Box2 Kings 17:30 
Context17:30 The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, 1 the people from Cuth made Nergal, 2 the people from Hamath made Ashima, 3
2 Kings 24:10
Context24:10 At that time the generals 4 of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city. 5
2 Kings 24:17
Context24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s 6 uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.
2 Kings 25:20
Context25:20 Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
1 sn No deity is known by the name Succoth Benoth in extant Mesopotamian literature. For speculation as to the identity of this deity, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211.
2 sn Nergal was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld.
3 sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12.
4 tn Heb “servants.”
5 tn Heb “went up [to] Jerusalem and the city entered into siege.”
6 tn Heb “his.”
