2 Raja-raja 6:16

6:16 He replied, “Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.” ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 7:4

7:4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, ²  and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect ³  to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, ⁴  we’ll live; if they kill us – well, we were going to die anyway.” ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 7:11

7:11 The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace. ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 11:20

11:20 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

[6:16]  ¹ tn Heb “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

[7:4]  ² tn Heb “If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city and we will die there.”

[7:4]  ³ tn Heb “fall.”

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “keep us alive.”

[7:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “we will die.” The paraphrastic translation attempts to bring out the logical force of their reasoning.

[7:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers called out and they told [it] to the house of the king.”