*2 Kgs 17:4 Or by asking the king of Egypt at Sais.

*2 Kgs 17:12 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.

*2 Kgs 17:17 Or They even made their sons and daughters pass through the fire.

*2 Kgs 17:21 Hebrew he; compare 1 Kgs 11:31-32.