2 Raja-raja 19:11

19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. ¹  Do you really think you will be rescued? ² 

2 Raja-raja 19:18

19:18 They have burned the gods of the nations, ³  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 23:7

23:7 He tore down the quarters ⁵  of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines ⁶  for Asherah.

2 Raja-raja 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ⁷  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

[19:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

[19:11]  ² tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

[19:18]  ³ tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

[19:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “so they destroyed them.”

[23:7]  ⁵ tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”

[23:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “houses.” Perhaps tent-shrines made from cloth are in view (see BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת). M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 286) understand this as referring to clothes made for images of the goddess.

[24:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”