Footnotes

1. 2 Kings 14:8 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.
2. 2 Kings 14:9 tn Heb “the animal of the field.”
3. 2 Kings 14:9 sn Judah is the thorn in the allegory. Amaziah’s success has deceived him into thinking he is on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he is not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
4. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”
5. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”
6. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “be glorified.”
7. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”
8. 2 Kings 14:11 tn Heb “did not listen.”
9. 2 Kings 14:11 tn Heb “went up.”
10. 2 Kings 14:11 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”
11. 2 Kings 14:12 tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”
12. 2 Kings 14:13 tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.
13. 2 Kings 14:13 tn Heb “came to.”
14. 2 Kings 14:13 tn Heb “400 cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.
15. 2 Kings 14:14 tn Heb “the sons of the pledges.”