translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “the name of his mother.”


text: Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord .”


text: Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”


text: Heb “with these orders, saying.”


label: NET textual note

text: The MT has וְיַתֵּם ( vÿyattem ), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [ tammam ], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ ( hitikhu ), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [ natakh ], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ ( vÿyattekh ), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [ natakh ]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.


text: Heb “doers of the work.”


text: Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”


text: Heb “and to buy wood and chiseled stone to repair the house.”


text: Heb “only the silver that is given into their hand should not be reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are acting.”


text: Heb “returned the king a word and said.”


text: Heb “that was found in the house.”


text: Or “inquire of.”


text: Heb “concerning.”


text: Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”


text: Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.


text: Heb “and they spoke to her.”


text: Or “burned incense.”


text: Heb “angering me with all the work of their hands.” The translation assumes that this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the preceding reference to “other gods,” as well as 19:18 ). However, it is possible that this is a general reference to their sinful practices, in which case one might translate, “angering me by all the things they do.”


text: Heb “Because your heart was tender.”


text: Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22 .


text: Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”


text: Heb “your eyes will not see.”