2 Raja-raja 15:3-4

15:3 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹  15:4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

2 Raja-raja 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ²  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Raja-raja 1:4-5

1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.

1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, ³  he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria ⁴  and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, ⁵  “Go, ask ⁶  Baal Zebub, ⁷  the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

[15:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”

[15:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:5]  sn The narrative is elliptical and telescoped here. The account of Elijah encountering the messengers and delivering the Lord’s message is omitted; we only here of it as the messengers report what happened to the king.

[1:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”

[1:2]  ⁶ tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”

[1:2]  ⁷ sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.