Discovery Box2 Kings 3:3 
Context3:3 Yet he persisted in 1 the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them. 2
2 Kings 22:5
Context22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen 3 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, 4
1 tn Heb “held tight,” or “clung to.”
2 tc The Hebrew text has the singular, “it.” Some ancient witnesses read the plural, which seems preferable since the antecedent (“sins”) is plural. Another option is to emend the plural “sins” to a singular. One ancient Greek witness has the singular “sin.”
3 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
4 tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the
