2 Raja-raja 7:12

7:12 The king got up in the night and said to his advisers, ¹  “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’”

2 Raja-raja 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ²  and the guards ³  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ⁴  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ⁵  The king ⁶  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ⁷  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ⁸ 

[7:12]  ¹ tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 13).

[23:4]  ² tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

[23:4]  ³ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ⁷ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ⁸ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.