Discovery Box| (0.30) | (2Ki 24:1) | 2 tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 23:19) | 1 tc Heb “which the kings of Israel had made, angering.” The object has been accidentally omitted in the MT. It appears in the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 22:14) | 2 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 20:11) | 2 sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 20:3) | 1 tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 19:29) | 1 tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 21-28) ends and the Lord again directly addresses Hezekiah and the people (see v. 20). |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 19:22) | 3 sn This divine title pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 19:8) | 1 tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 19:4) | 1 tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 18:16) | 1 tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 18:5) | 1 tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:31) | 2 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:30) | 3 sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:29) | 1 sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:4) | 2 sn For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:19) | 1 sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-Pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:16) | 1 tn Instead of “Tiphsah,” the LXX has “Tirzah,” while Lucian’s Greek version reads “Tappuah.” For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:11) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.” |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 14:25) | 1 tn Or “entrance of Hamath” (so NASB and cf. KJV). This may be a site some 44 miles north of Damascus (see T. R. Hobbs, 2 Kings [WBC], 182). |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 14:18) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” |
