2 Raja-raja 16:18

16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning ¹  that had been built ²  in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 19:9

19:9 The king ⁴  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. ⁵  He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

2 Raja-raja 19:35

19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they ⁶  got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses. ⁷ 

2 Raja-raja 24:7

24:7 The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River.

2 Raja-raja 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered ⁸  to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, ⁹  took Jehoiachin ¹⁰  prisoner.

¹ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term מוּסַךְ (musakh; Qere) / מִיסַךְ (misakh; Kethib) is uncertain. For discussion see HALOT 557 s.v. מוּסַךְ and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189-90.

² tn Heb “that they built.”

³ sn It is doubtful that Tiglath-pileser ordered these architectural changes. Ahaz probably made these changes so he could send some of the items and materials to the Assyrian king as tribute. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 190, 193.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘Look, he has come out to fight with you.’”

⁶ tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

⁷ tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”

⁸ tn Heb “came out.”

⁹ sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.