2 Raja-raja 17:20

17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated ¹  them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.

2 Raja-raja 17:2

17:2 He did evil in the sight of ²  the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

2 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ³  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁴  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

[17:20]  ¹ tn Or “afflicted.”

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[15:5]  ³ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

[15:5]  ⁴ tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.