2 Raja-raja 21:4

21:4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.” ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 24:17

24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s ²  uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.

2 Raja-raja 2:24

2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. ³  Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

2 Raja-raja 8:26

8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ⁵  of King Omri of Israel.

2 Raja-raja 12:1

12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ⁶  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Raja-raja 14:2

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁷  His mother ⁸  was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Raja-raja 14:27

14:27 The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory ⁹  from under heaven, ¹⁰  so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

2 Raja-raja 15:2

15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Raja-raja 15:33

15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹²  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Raja-raja 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother ¹⁴  was Abi, ¹⁵  the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Raja-raja 21:1

Manasseh’s Reign over Judah

21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹⁶  His mother ¹⁷  was Hephzibah.

2 Raja-raja 21:19

Amon’s Reign over Judah

21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  His mother ¹⁹  was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

2 Raja-raja 22:1

Josiah Repents

22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ²⁰  His mother ²¹  was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Raja-raja 23:31

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah

23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ²²  His mother ²³  was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Raja-raja 23:36

Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah

23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ²⁴  His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

2 Raja-raja 24:8

Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah

24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ²⁵  His mother ²⁶  was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

2 Raja-raja 24:18

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. ²⁷  His mother ²⁸  was Hamutal, ²⁹  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Raja-raja 5:11

5:11 Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.

2 Raja-raja 14:7

14:7 He defeated ³⁰  10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

2 Raja-raja 17:34

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ³¹  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ³²  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

2 Raja-raja 21:7

21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ³³ 

2 Raja-raja 23:27

23:27 The Lord announced, “I will also spurn Judah, ³⁴  just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose – both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, “I will live there.” ³⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 23:34

23:34 Pharaoh Necho made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in Josiah’s place, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died. ³⁶ 

[21:4]  ¹ tn Heb “In Jerusalem I will place my name.”

[24:17]  ² tn Heb “his.”

[2:24]  ³ tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the Lord.” A curse was a formal appeal to a higher authority (here the Lord) to vindicate one’s cause through judgment. As in chapter one, this account makes it clear that disrespect for the Lord’s designated spokesmen can be deadly, for it is ultimately rejection of the Lord’s authority.

[8:26]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:26]  ⁵ tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.

[12:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[14:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “name.”

[14:27]  ¹⁰ tn The phrase “from under heaven” adds emphasis to the verb “blot out” and suggest total annihilation. For other examples of the verb מָחָה (makhah), “blot out,” combined with “from under heaven,” see Exod 17:14; Deut 9:14; 25:19; 29:20.

[15:2]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:33]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

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[18:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[18:2]  ¹⁵ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

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[21:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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[21:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[22:1]  ²⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

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[23:31]  ²³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[23:36]  ²⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:8]  ²⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:18]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:18]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:18]  ²⁹ tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”

[14:7]  ³⁰ tn Or “struck down.”

[17:34]  ³¹ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:34]  ³² tn Heb “commanded.”

[21:7]  ³³ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name perpetually (or perhaps “forever”).”

[23:27]  ³⁴ tn Heb “Also Judah I will turn away from my face.”

[23:27]  ³⁵ tn Heb “My name will be there.”

[23:34]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and he took Jehoahaz, and he came to Egypt and he died there.”