2 Raja-raja 3:2

3:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

2 Raja-raja 8:19

8:19 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of ²  his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 9:1

Jehu Becomes King

9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild ⁴  and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container ⁵  of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Raja-raja 11:13

11:13 When Athaliah heard the royal guard ⁶  shout, she joined the crowd ⁷  at the Lord’s temple.

2 Raja-raja 15:9

15:9 He did evil in the sight of ⁸  the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate ⁹  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

2 Raja-raja 15:20

15:20 Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. ¹⁰  Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

2 Raja-raja 18:28

18:28 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, ¹¹  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

2 Raja-raja 25:22

Gedaliah Appointed Governor

25:22 Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah. ¹² 

[3:2]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[8:19]  ² tn The Hebrew has only one sentence, “and the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah for the sake of.” The translation divides it for the sake of clarity.

[8:19]  ³ tn Heb “just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty; this is reflected in the translation.

[9:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Or “flask.”

[11:13]  ⁶ tc The MT reads, “and Athaliah heard the sound of the runners, the people.” The term הָעָם (ha’am), “the people,” is probably a scribal addition anticipating the reference to the people later in the verse and in v. 14.

[11:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “she came to the people.”

[15:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[15:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “turn away from.”

[15:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.”

[18:28]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text also has, “and he spoke and said.”

[25:22]  ¹² tn Heb “And the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.”