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label: NET study note

text: For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196.


text: See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12 .


text: See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3 .


text: In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.


text: The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.


text: No deity is known by the name Succoth Benoth in extant Mesopotamian literature. For speculation as to the identity of this deity, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211.


text: Nergal was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld.


text: This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12.


text: Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.


text: Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.


text: This refers to the foreigners whom the king of Assyria settled in the land (see v. 35 a).