Discovery Box2 Kings 4:20 
Context4:20 So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap 1 until noon and then died.
2 Kings 11:1
Context11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. 2
2 Kings 12:1
Context12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 3 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.
2 Kings 15:33
Context15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 4 His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
2 Kings 21:1
Context21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother 6 was Hephzibah.
2 Kings 22:1
Context22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 7 His mother 8 was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
2 Kings 23:31
Context23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 9 His mother 10 was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
2 Kings 24:8
Context24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 11 His mother 12 was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 24:15
Context24:15 He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king’s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land. 13
1 tn Heb “knees.”
2 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum) “arise,” is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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.”
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
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 “and he deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the mighty of the land he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.”
