2 Raja-raja 21:15

21:15 because they have done evil in my sight ¹  and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

2 Raja-raja 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ²  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ³  killed him at Megiddo ⁴  when he saw him.

2 Raja-raja 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered ⁵  to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, ⁶  took Jehoiachin ⁷  prisoner.

[21:15]  ¹ tn Heb “in my eyes.”

[23:29]  ² tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

[23:29]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:29]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[24:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “came out.”

[24:12]  ⁶ sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

[24:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.