2 Kings 1

² a. Lit. Lord of Flies

³ b. Or Angel

⁵ c. Ahaziah

¹³ d. Lit. bowed down

¹⁵ e. Or Angel

¹⁷ f. The son of Ahab king of Israel, 2 Kin. 3:1

2 Kings 2

³ a. Lit. from your head

¹⁵ b. Or at Jericho opposite him saw

²¹ c. purified

2 Kings 3

¹¹ a. Was the personal servant of

¹⁶ b. water canals

²¹ c. summoned

²⁷ d. wrath

2 Kings 4

⁸ a. Lit. great

⁸ b. Lit. laid hold on him

¹⁰ c. Or a small walled upper chamber

¹⁶ d. Lit. About this season, as the time of life

²³ e. Or It will be well

²⁹ f. Lit. Gird up your loins. The skirt of the robe was wrapped around the legs and tucked in the belt to gain freedom of movement.

2 Kings 5

² a. Or in bands

² b. Served, lit. was before

¹² c. So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., Syr., Tg. Amanah

²⁴ d. Lit. the hill

2 Kings 6

²⁵ a. Approximately 1 pint

2 Kings 7

¹ a. A third of an ephah, or about 8 gallons

⁹ b. Calamity

¹² c. Hide themselves in ambush

2 Kings 8

¹¹ a. fixed his gaze

¹⁶ b. Co-regent with his father

²¹ c. Jehoram, v. 16

²⁴ d. Died and joined his ancestors

²⁴ e. Or Azariah or Jehoahaz

²⁹ f. Ramoth, v. 28

2 Kings 9

¹ a. Lit. Gird up your loins

¹³ b. Lit. under his feet

¹⁵ c. Jehoram, v. 24

¹⁷ d. Are you peaceful?

¹⁸ e. Lit. Turn behind me

²¹ f. Harness up

²¹ g. Lit. found

²⁴ h. Lit. filled his hand

²⁶ i. on this property

²⁷ j. Lit. The Garden House

²⁷ k. Lit. Strike

2 Kings 10

¹ a. So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX Samaria; Vg. city

¹ b. the guardians of

³ c. most upright

⁴ d. Lit. stand before

¹² e. Or The Shearing House

¹⁴ f. Or The Shearing House

¹⁵ g. Lit. found

²⁰ h. Consecrate

²¹ i. Lit. house

²⁵ j. Lit. city

²⁷ k. Lit. house

³¹ l. was not careful

³⁵ m. Died and joined his ancestors

2 Kings 11

² a. Jehoshabeath, 2 Chr. 22:11

² b. Or Jehoash

⁴ c. guards

⁵ d. Lit. enter in

⁷ e. companies

¹¹ f. Lit. shoulder

¹² g. Law, Ex. 25:16, 21; Deut. 31:9

¹⁵ h. Lit. between ranks

¹⁸ i. Idols

¹⁸ j. Lit. offices

2 Kings 12

¹ a. Joash, 2 Kin. 11:2.

³ b. Places for pagan worship

⁴ c. Lit. the money coming over

⁴ d. any man’s heart prompts him to bring

⁵ e. Lit. breaches

⁹ f. guarded at the door

¹⁰ g. secretary

¹⁰ h. tied it up

¹¹ i. Lit. weighed

¹⁷ j. Advance upon

¹⁹ k. Jehoash, vv. 1–18

²⁰ l. Lit. The Landfill

²¹ m. Zabad, 2 Chr. 24:26

²¹ n. Shimrith, 2 Chr. 24:26

2 Kings 13

¹ a. Jehoash, 2 Kin. 12:1–18

² b. Lit. turn

⁶ c. Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

⁹ d. Died and joined his ancestors

⁹ e. Or Jehoash

¹⁰ f. Joash, v. 9

¹³ g. Died and joined his ancestors

²⁰ h. Having prophesied at least 55 years

²⁵ i. Joash, vv. 12–14, 25

2 Kings 14

⁴ a. Places for pagan worship

⁷ b. Lit. The Rock; the city of Petra

⁸ c. Joash, 2 Kin. 13:9, 12–14, 25; 2 Chr. 25:17.

¹⁰ d. Made you proud

¹³ e. About 600 feet

¹⁶ f. Died and joined his ancestors

²¹ g. Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:1.; Is. 6:1; etc.

²² h. Heb. Eloth

²² i. Amaziah died and joined his ancestors.

²⁵ j. border

²⁵ k. The Dead Sea

²⁹ l. Died and joined his ancestors

2 Kings 15

⁴ a. Places for pagan worship

⁷ b. Died and joined his ancestors

¹³ c. Azariah, 2 Kin. 14:21.; 15:1.

¹⁵ d. Lit. conspired

¹⁹ e. Tiglath-Pileser III, v. 29

¹⁹ f. Support

²⁰ g. took

²² h. Died and joined his ancestors

²⁵ i. Lit. struck

²⁹ j. A later name of Pul, v. 19

³³ k. Jerushah, 2 Chr. 27:1

³⁵ l. Places for pagan worship

³⁸ m. Died and joined his ancestors

2 Kings 16

⁶ a. Lit. Large Tree; sing. of Eloth

⁶ b. A few ancient mss. Syrians

⁷ c. A later name of Pul, 2 Kin. 15:19

¹⁴ d. Lit. house

2 Kings 17

⁹ a. Places for pagan worship

¹⁰ b. Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

³² c. Places for pagan worship

2 Kings 18

² a. Abijah, 2 Chr. 29:1.

⁴ b. Places for pagan worship

⁴ c. Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

⁴ d. Lit. Bronze Thing, also similar to Heb. nahash, serpent

⁸ e. Lit. struck

¹⁶ f. Lit. them

¹⁷ g. A title, probably Commander in Chief

¹⁷ h. A title, probably Chief Officer

¹⁷ i. A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor

¹⁸ j. secretary

²⁰ k. Lit. a word of the lips

²² l. Places for pagan worship

²⁶ m. Lit. Judean

²⁸ n. Lit. Judean

³¹ o. By paying tribute

2 Kings 19

³ a. give birth

²⁹ b. Without cultivation

³¹ c. So with many Heb. mss. and ancient vss. (cf. Is. 37:32); MT omits of hosts

³⁵ d. Or Angel

2 Kings 20

¹⁰ a. Lit. steps

¹¹ b. Lit. steps

¹² c. Merodach-Baladan, Is. 39:1

¹³ d. So with many Heb. mss., Syr., Tg.; MT omits all

¹³ e. Lit. the house of his armor

¹⁸ f. be born from

²⁰ g. aqueduct

²¹ h. Died and joined his ancestors

2 Kings 21

³ a. Places for pagan worship

³ b. Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

³ c. The gods of the Assyrians

⁷ d. A Canaanite goddess

⁷ e. Temple

¹⁸ f. Died and joined his ancestors

2 Kings 22

⁹ a. Lit. poured out

¹² b. Abdon the son of Micah, 2 Chr. 34:20

²⁰ c. Cause you to join your ancestors in death

²⁰ d. Die a natural death

2 Kings 23

⁴ a. A Canaanite goddess

⁴ b. The gods of the Assyrians

⁵ c. Of the Zodiac

⁶ d. Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

⁷ e. Lit. houses

⁷ f. Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

¹⁰ g. Kt. Sons

¹¹ h. given

¹³ i. Places for pagan worship

¹³ j. Lit. right of

¹³ k. The Mount of Olives

¹⁵ l. A place for pagan worship

¹⁹ m. Lit. houses

¹⁹ n. Places for pagan worship

¹⁹ o. So with LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. omit the LORD

²⁰ p. Places for pagan worship

²⁹ q. Or to attack, Heb. al can mean together with or against

³⁴ r. Jehoahaz

2 Kings 24

² a. troops

⁸ b. Jeconiah, 1 Chr. 3:16; Jer. 24:1; or Coniah, Jer. 22:24, 28

¹⁰ c. Lit. came into siege

¹⁷ d. Lit. his

2 Kings 25

⁴ a. Lit. he

⁴ b. Or Arabah, the Jordan Valley

⁷ c. blinded

¹⁷ d. About 27 feet

¹⁹ e. Lit. those seeing the king’s face

²³ f. Jezaniah, Jer. 40:8

²⁷ g. Lit. Man of Marduk

²⁹ h. Food

³⁰ i. Lit. allowance

³⁰ j. Lit. allowance