2 Raja-raja 3:15

3:15 But now, get me a musician.” ¹  When the musician played, the Lord energized him, ² 

2 Raja-raja 4:3

4:3 He said, “Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. ³  Get as many as you can. ⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 19:21

19:21 This is what the Lord says about him: ⁵ 

“The virgin daughter Zion ⁶ 

despises you, she makes fun of you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head after you. ⁷ 

[3:15]  ¹ tn The term used refers to one who plays a stringed instrument, perhaps a harp.

[3:15]  ² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord came on him.” This may refer to what typically happened, “[for] when a musician played, the hand of the Lord would come upon him.”

[4:3]  ³ tn Heb “Go, ask for containers from outside, from all your neighbors, empty containers.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “Do not borrow just a few.”

[19:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

[19:21]  ⁶ sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.

[19:21]  ⁷ sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.