Discovery Box2 Kings 3:1 
Context3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; 1 he ruled for twelve years.
2 Kings 8:2-3
Context8:2 So the woman did as the prophet said. 2 She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years. 8:3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. 3
2 Kings 11:3
Context11:3 He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple 4 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
2 Kings 12:1
Context12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.
2 Kings 13:3
Context13:3 The Lord was furious with 6 Israel and handed them over to 7 King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years. 8
2 Kings 14:17
Context14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.
2 Kings 14:21
Context14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
2 Kings 15:23
Context15:23 In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 9 for two years.
2 Kings 17:1
Context17:1 In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 10 for nine years.
2 Kings 23:31
Context23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 11 His mother 12 was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
2 Kings 24:1
Context24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, 13 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. 14 Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. 15
2 Kings 24:8
Context24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 16 His mother 17 was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
2 tn Heb “and the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God.”
3 tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”
4 tn Heb “and he was with her [in] the house of the
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 “and the anger of the
7 tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”
8 tn Heb “all the days.”
9 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
10 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
11 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
12 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
13 tn Heb “In his days.”
14 tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.
15 tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”
16 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
17 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
