Discovery Box2 Kings 4:23 
Context4:23 He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon 1 or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.” 2
2 Kings 6:24
Context6:24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked 3 and besieged Samaria. 4
2 Kings 10:7
Context10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. 5 They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.
2 Kings 14:3
Context14:3 He did what the Lord approved, 6 but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash. 7
2 Kings 17:32
Context17:32 At the same time they worshiped 8 the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. 9
1 sn The new moon was a time of sacrifice and special feasts (Num 28:14; 1 Sam 20:5). Apparently it was a convenient time to visit a prophet. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.
2 tn Heb “peace.”
3 tn Heb “went up.”
4 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
5 tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”
6 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
7 tn Heb “according to all which Joash his father had done, he did.”
8 tn Heb “feared.”
9 tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”
