2 Raja-raja 9:15
Konteks9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians 1 when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. 2 Jehu told his supporters, 3 “If you really want me to be king, 4 then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”
2 Raja-raja 18:14
Konteks18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. 5 If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” 6 So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents 7 of silver and thirty talents of gold.
[9:15] 1 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
[9:15] 2 sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.
[9:15] 3 tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.
[9:15] 4 tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.
[18:14] 5 tn Or “I have done wrong.”
[18:14] 6 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”
[18:14] 7 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.