Discovery Box| (0.25) | (2Ki 18:25) | 2 sn In v. 25 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 22. He claims that Hezekiah has offended the Lord and that the Lord has commissioned Assyria as his instrument of discipline and judgment. |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 16:19) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Ahaz, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:36) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jotham, and that which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:31) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Pekah, and all that he did, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:26) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Pekahiah, and all that he did, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:25) | 1 tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him 50 men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:21) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Menahem, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:15) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he conspired, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 15:6) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Azariah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 13:21) | 5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the dead man) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Otherwise the reader might think it was Elisha rather than the unnamed dead man who came back to life. |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 13:8) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoahaz, and all which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 13:7) | 1 tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate. |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 12:19) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 10:34) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehu, and all which he did and all his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 10:29) | 2 tn Heb “Except the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which he caused Israel to commit, Jehu did not turn aside from after them—the golden calves which [were in] Bethel and which [were] in Dan.” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 9:23) | 1 tn Heb “and Jehoram turned his hands and fled.” The phrase “turned his hands” refers to how he would have pulled on the reins in order to make his horses turn around. |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 8:23) | 1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Joram and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 8:19) | 2 tn Heb “just as he had said to him, to give to him a lamp for his sons all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty; this is reflected in the translation. |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 6:27) | 1 tn Heb “From where can I help you, from the threshing floor or the winepress?” The rhetorical question expresses the king’s frustration. He has no grain or wine to give to the masses. |
| (0.25) | (2Ki 5:27) | 3 tn Traditionally, “he went from before him, leprous like snow.” But see the note at 5:1, as well as M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 66. |
