Discovery Box2 Kings 5:7 
Context5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? 1 Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!” 2
2 Kings 9:26
Context9:26 ‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” 3 says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said.” 4
2 Kings 10:15
Context10:15 When he left there, he met 5 Jehonadab, son of Rekab, who had been looking for him. 6 Jehu greeted him and asked, 7 “Are you as committed to me as I am to you?” 8 Jehonadab answered, “I am!” Jehu replied, “If so, give me your hand.” 9 So he offered his hand and Jehu 10 pulled him up into the chariot.
2 Kings 18:14
Context18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. 11 If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” 12 So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents 13 of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2 Kings 22:19
Context22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit 14 and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. 15 You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.
1 tn Heb “Am I God, killing and restoring life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his skin disease?” In the Hebrew text this is one lengthy rhetorical question, which has been divided up in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “Indeed, know and see that he is seeking an occasion with respect to me.”
3 tn Heb “and I will repay you in this plot of land.”
4 tn Heb “according to the word of the
5 tn Heb “found.”
6 tn Heb “and he went from there and found Jehonadab son of Rekab [who was coming] to meet him.”
7 tn Heb “and he blessed him and said to him.”
8 tn Heb “Is there with your heart [what is] right, as my heart [is] with your heart?”
9 tc Heb “Jehonadab said, ‘There is and there is. Give your hand.’” If the text is allowed to stand, there are two possible ways to understand the syntax of וָיֵשׁ (vayesh), “and there is”: (1) The repetition of יֵשׁ (yesh, “there is and there is”) could be taken as emphatic, “indeed I am.” In this case, the entire statement could be taken as Jehonadab’s words or one could understand the words “give your hand” as Jehu’s. In the latter case the change in speakers is unmarked. (2) וָיֵשׁ begins Jehu’s response and has a conditional force, “if you are.” In this case, the transition in speakers is unmarked. However, it is possible that וַיֹּאמֶר (vayyo’mer), “and he said,” or וַיֹּאמֶר יֵהוּא (vayyo’mer yehu), “and Jehu said,” originally appeared between יֵשׁ and וָיֵשׁ and has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note that both the proposed וַיֹּאמֶר and וָיֵשׁ begin with vav, ו). The present translation assumes such a textual reconstruction; it is supported by the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.
10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Or “I have done wrong.”
12 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”
13 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.
14 tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”
15 tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.
