2 Kings 15:17-19

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Kings 15:18 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
2. 2 Kings 15:18 tn Heb “turn away from.”
3. 2 Kings 15:18 tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְּיֹמָיו (b^eyomayv), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.
4. 2 Kings 15:19 sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-Pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72.
5. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “gave.”
6. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7. 2 Kings 15:19 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.”
8. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.”
9. 2 Kings 15:19 tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.”