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2 Kings 14 — Hebrew and Greek compared

Saints Translation: 2 Kings 1–25 [V1]

Same 14 Similar 3 Different 8 Divergent 3 Disparate 1

Disparate in this chapter: 14:29

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Chapter 14

Amaziah and Jeroboam

Verse 14:1 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The synchronism and royal genealogy agree; the name forms differ conventionally.

Verse 14:2 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin, from Jerusalem.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Joadin, from Jerusalem.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Age, duration, maternal name, and city correspond.

Verse 14:3 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:3 He did what was right in YHWH's eyes, though not like his father David. He did in accordance with everything his father Joash had done.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:3 He did what was right in the Lord's eyes, though not like his father David. He did in accordance with everything his father Joash had done.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both qualify the favorable verdict by distinguishing David's example from Joash's.

Verse 14:4 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:4 Only the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned offerings at the high places.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:4 Only he did not remove the high places; the people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Hebrew says the sites remained; Greek expressly makes their nonremoval his action. Both retain popular worship there.

Verse 14:5 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:5 When the kingdom was firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down his father the king.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:5 When the kingdom was firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down his father.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek lacks ‘the king’ after the father; the punishment agrees.

Verse 14:6 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:6 But he did not put the killers' sons to death, as written in the book of Moses' instruction, which YHWH commanded: ‘Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; each shall be put to death only for his own sin.’

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:6 But he did not put the killers' sons to death, as written in the book of Moses' laws, as the Lord commanded: ‘Fathers shall not die for sons, and sons shall not die for fathers; each shall die only for his own sins.’

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Hebrew explicitly uses judicial ‘be put to death’; Greek uses ‘die.’ The quoted rule against substituted familial liability and its application agree.

Verse 14:7 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:7 He struck down ten thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt, captured Sela in battle, and named it Joktheel, to this day.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:7 He struck down ten thousand of Edom in Gaimela, captured the Rock in battle, and named it Kathoel, to this day.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek transliterates the valley name and translates Sela as ‘Rock’; Joktheel and Kathoel are distinct displayed name forms.

Verse 14:8 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, ‘Come, let us face one another.’

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, ‘Come, let us face one another.’

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The challenge and genealogy correspond.

Verse 14:9 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:9 Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, ‘The thornbush in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon: “Give your daughter to my son as a wife.” But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thornbush.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:9 Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, ‘The thornbush in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon: “Give your daughter to my son as a wife.” But the wild animals in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thornbush.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew's wild animal is singular; Greek's animals are plural. Both tell the same humiliating fable.

Verse 14:10 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy your honor and stay home! Why provoke disaster, so that you fall, you and Judah with you?’

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:10 You have indeed struck Idumea, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy glory while sitting at home! Why contend in your wickedness? You will fall, you and Judah with you.’

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew warns against provoking disaster; Greek speaks of contending ‘in your wickedness.’ The predicted fall agrees.

Verse 14:11 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:11 Amaziah did not listen. Jehoash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:11 Amaziah did not listen. The king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Baithsamys in Judah.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek does not name Israel's king in this verse; the confrontation and location correspond.

Verse 14:12 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:12 Judah was defeated before Israel, and each man fled to his tent.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:12 Judah stumbled before Israel, and each man fled to his dwelling.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The defeat and individual flight agree through ordinary military idiom.

Verse 14:13 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. They came to Jerusalem, and he broke through Jerusalem's wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:13 Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, captured Amaziah son of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, at Baithsamys. He came to Jerusalem and pulled down four hundred cubits of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek adds the victor's patronymic. The Hebrew displayed written form has plural arrival, against Greek singular; both give four hundred cubits of demolished wall.

Verse 14:14 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:14 He took all the gold and silver, all the vessels found in YHWH's house and in the treasuries of the king's house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:14 He took the gold and silver, all the vessels found in the Lord's house and in the treasuries of the king's house, and the sons of the mixed unions, and returned to Samaria.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֹת denotes hostages. Greek υἱοὺς τῶν συμμίξεων literally describes sons of mixtures or unions; the opaque phrase is retained provisionally rather than silently replaced by ‘hostages.’

Verse 14:15 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:15 The rest of Jehoash's deeds, what he did, his might, and how he fought Amaziah king of Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:15 The rest of Joash's deeds, what he did in his might, how he fought Amaziah king of Judah—are these not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Greek subordinates the deeds to ‘in his might’; both refer the war record to the chronicles.

Verse 14:16 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:16 Jehoash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam became king in his place.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:16 Joash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam became king in his place.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Death, burial, and succession agree here, unlike the differently arranged notice in 13:13.

Verse 14:17 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:17 Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:17 Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both give fifteen years of survival after Israel's king died.

Verse 14:18 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:18 The rest of Amaziah's deeds—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:18 The rest of Amaziah's deeds and everything he did—are these not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek adds ‘and everything he did.’

Verse 14:19 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:19 They formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. They sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:19 They formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. They sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both report the conspiracy, flight, pursuit, and killing.

Verse 14:20 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:20 They carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in David's city.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:20 They carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in David's city.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Transport and burial correspond.

Verse 14:21 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah—he was sixteen years old—and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The popular installation and age agree.

Verse 14:22 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:22 He built Ailoth and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both attribute the building and restoration to the newly introduced king.

Verse 14:23 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, for forty-one years.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel in Samaria, for forty-one years.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Accession date, genealogy, kingdom, and duration agree.

Verse 14:24 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:24 He did evil in YHWH's eyes. He did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:24 He did evil before the Lord. He did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The adverse royal assessment corresponds.

Verse 14:25 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:25 He restored Israel's boundary from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of YHWH, Israel's God, which He spoke through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:25 He shifted Israel's boundary from the entrance of Aimath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, Israel's God, which He spoke through His servant Jonah son of Amathi, the prophet from Gethchober.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew הֵשִׁיב says ‘restored’; Greek ἀπέστησεν says caused to stand away or moved. ‘Shifted’ is provisional and does not silently impose restoration on the Greek verb.

Verse 14:26 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:26 For YHWH saw Israel's affliction was very bitter: none remained confined and none remained free, and Israel had no helper.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:26 For the Lord saw Israel's humiliation was very bitter, and they were few, hemmed in, impoverished, and abandoned; there was no one helping Israel.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew repeats ‘none’ with the idiomatic pair confined/free; Greek describes few, constrained, deprived, and abandoned people. Both end with the lack of help.

Verse 14:27 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:27 YHWH had not spoken of blotting out Israel's name from beneath heaven, and He saved them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:27 The Lord had not spoken of blotting out Israel's seed from beneath heaven, and He saved them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew has Israel's ‘name’; Greek its ‘seed’ or descendants. Both deny an announced annihilation and affirm deliverance.

Verse 14:28 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:28 The rest of Jeroboam's deeds, all that he did, his might in warfare, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:28 The rest of Jeroboam's deeds, all that he did, his mighty acts, all his warfare, and how he restored Damascus and Aimath to Judah in Israel—are these not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both retain the difficult ‘to Judah in Israel’ wording; no political reconstruction is inserted to resolve it.

Verse 14:29 Disparate

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)

14:29 Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah became king in his place.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

14:29 Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, with Israel's kings, and Azariah son of Amaziah became king in place of his father.

Classification & Notes

Disparate

Text: Hebrew gives Zechariah succeeding his father Jeroboam in Israel; Greek instead gives Azariah succeeding his father Amaziah, changing the person and kingdom in the succession notice.