Cross-References and Text Notes
2 Kings 1
2 Kings 2
2 Kings 3
2 3:11 That is, he was Elijah’s personal servant.
2 Kings 4
2 Kings 5
1 5:1 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 3,6,7,11 and 27.
2 5:5 That is, about 750 pounds or about 340 kilograms
3 5:5 That is, about 150 pounds or about 69 kilograms
4 5:22 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
2 Kings 6
m S Dt 20:11; 2Ch 28:8-15
1 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
2 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
3 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
4 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
2 Kings 7
2 Kings 8
1 8:10 The Hebrew may also be read Go and say, ‘You will certainly not recover,’ for.
3 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
2 Kings 9
1 9:8 Or Israel—every ruler or leader
3 9:26 See 1 Kings 21:19.
4 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house
5 9:31 Or “Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”
6 9:36 See 1 Kings 21:23.
2 Kings 10
1 10:1 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate of the city
2 Kings 11
1 11:2 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram
2 11:8 Or approaches the precincts
3 11:15 Or out from the precincts
4 11:21 Hebrew Jehoash, a variant of Joash
2 Kings 12
2 Kings 13
1 13:6 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Kings
2 Kings 14
2 14:6 Deut. 24:16
3 14:13 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters
4 14:21 Also called Uzziah
5 14:25 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah
6 14:26 Or Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, and
2 Kings 15
2 15:5 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
3 15:5 Or in a house where he was relieved of responsibilities
4 15:10 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts in Ibleam
5 15:12 2 Kings 10:30
6 15:19 Also called Tiglath-Pileser
7 15:19 That is, about 38 tons or about 34 metric tons
8 15:20 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
2 Kings 16
2 Kings 17
1 17:4 So is probably an abbreviation for Osorkon.
t S Jdg 6:8; S 2Ch 7:14; S Job 34:33; Eze 3:17-19
2 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5
z S Dt 32:21; Hos 11:2; Ro 1:21-23
2 Kings 18
1 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
2 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
3 18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
4 18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric ton
5 18:24 Or charioteers
2 Kings 19
1 19:9 That is, the upper Nile region
2 Kings 20
2 Kings 21
2 Kings 22
1 22:17 Or by everything they have done
2 22:19 That is, their names would be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, others would see that they are cursed.
2 Kings 23
1 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
e S Jos 7:2; 1Ki 13:1-3
2 23:27 1 Kings 8:29
3 23:33 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
4 23:33 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
2 Kings 24
1 24:2 Or Chaldean
2 Kings 25