2 Raja-raja 8:12

8:12 Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Raja-raja 10:30

10:30 The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 14:6

14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ²  “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, ³  and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. ⁴  A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 17:21

17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. ⁶  Jeroboam drove Israel away ⁷  from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. ⁸ 

2 Raja-raja 18:12

18:12 This happened because they did not obey ⁹  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ¹⁰  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ¹¹ 

[10:30]  ¹ tn Heb “Because you have done well by doing what is proper in my eyes – according to all which was in my heart you have done to the house of Ahab – sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.” In the Hebrew text the Lord’s statement is one long sentence (with a parenthesis). The translation above divides it into shorter sentences for stylistic reasons.

[10:30]  sn Jehu ruled over Israel from approximately 841-814 b.c. Four of his descendants (Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, and Zechariah) ruled from approximately 814-753 b.c. The dynasty came to an end when Shallum assassinated Zechariah in 753 b.c. See 2 Kgs 15:8-12.

[14:6]  ² tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

[14:6]  ³ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

[14:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

[14:6]  ⁵ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

[17:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

[17:21]  ⁷ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”

[17:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “a great sin.”

[18:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[18:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his covenant.”

[18:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”