2 Kings 2:24
Context2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. 1 Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
2 Kings 5:22
Context5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. 2 My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. 3 Please give them a talent 4 of silver and two suits of clothes.’”
2 Kings 21:19
Context21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother 6 was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.
1 tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the
2 tn Heb “peace.”
3 tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”
4 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”