Discovery Box2 Kings 3:11 
Context3:11 Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord’s direction?” 1 One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.” 2
2 Kings 23:4
Context23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, 3 and the guards 4 to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of 5 Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. 6 The king 7 burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces 8 of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 9
2 Kings 23:24
Context23:24 Josiah also got rid of 10 the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, 11 the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, 12 and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law 13 recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.
1 tn Heb “that we might inquire of the
2 tn Heb “who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” This refers to one of the typical tasks of a servant.
3 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
4 tn Or “doorkeepers.”
5 tn Heb “for.”
6 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
9 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
10 tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.
11 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.
12 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
13 tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”
