2 Kings 15 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Chapter 15
Kings of Judah and Israel; Assyrian Expansion
Verse 15:1 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the same synchronism and genealogy.
Verse 15:2 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah, from Jerusalem.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Chalia, from Jerusalem.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Numbers and place agree; the mother's name has corresponding shorter Greek form.
Verse 15:3 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:3 He did what was right in YHWH's eyes, in accordance with everything his father Amaziah had done.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:3 He did what was right in the Lord's eyes, in accordance with everything his father Amaziah had done.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the same assessment and paternal comparison.
Verse 15:4 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:4 Only the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned offerings at the high places.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:4 Only he did not remove the high places; the people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek makes the failure to remove the sites explicitly the king's action.
Verse 15:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:5 YHWH struck the king, and he had a defiling skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in the house of separation, while Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:5 The Lord touched the king, and he was leprous until the day of his death. He reigned in the house of Apphousoth, while Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew says he ‘lived’ in בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית, provisionally house of separation or freedom; Greek says he ‘reigned’ and transliterates Apphousoth. Ancient disease terminology does not establish a modern diagnosis.
Verse 15:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:6 The rest of Azariah's deeds and all that he did—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:6 The rest of Azariah's deeds and all that he did—look, are these not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek adds a presentational ‘look’ to the corresponding archival notice.
Verse 15:7 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:7 Azariah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in David's city. His son Jotham became king in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:7 Azariah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in David's city. His son Jotham became king in his place.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the same death, burial, and succession.
Verse 15:8 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria, for six months.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria, for six months.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the same six-month reign and accession date.
Verse 15:9 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:9 He did evil in YHWH's eyes as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:9 He did evil in the Lord's eyes as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The evaluation and continued sins agree.
Verse 15:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, struck him before the people, put him to death, and became king in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:10 Sellum son of Jabis and Keblaam conspired against him, struck him, and put him to death; Sellum became king in his place.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew קָבָלְ־עָם is read ‘before the people’; Greek gives Keblaam as a second conspirator and uses plural verbs, then names Sellum as successor.
Verse 15:11 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:11 The rest of Zechariah's deeds—there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:11 The rest of Zechariah's deeds—look, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both direct the reader to the royal record.
Verse 15:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:12 This was YHWH's word which He spoke to Jehu: ‘Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on Israel's throne.’ And so it happened.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:12 The Lord's word which He spoke to Jehu was: ‘Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on Israel's throne.’ And so it happened.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both identify the completed fourth generation as fulfillment of the promise.
Verse 15:13 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a month of days in Samaria.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:13 Sellum son of Jabis became king. In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Sellum reigned a month of days in Samaria.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew names Judah's king Uzziah; Greek names him Azariah and repeats Sellum's accession. The one-month duration agrees.
Verse 15:14 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:14 Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, put him to death, and became king in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:14 Manaem son of Gaddi went up from Tharsila, came to Samaria, struck Sellum son of Jabis in Samaria, and put him to death.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek lacks the final succession clause and has Tharsila for the departure town.
Verse 15:15 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:15 The rest of Shallum's deeds and the conspiracy he formed—there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:15 The rest of Sellum's deeds and the conspiracy he formed—look, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both preserve an archival reference for the brief reign and conspiracy.
Verse 15:16 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:16 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, everyone in it, and its territory from Tirzah. Because it did not open, he struck it and ripped open all its pregnant women.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:16 Then Manaem struck Thersa, everything in it, and its territory from Thersa, because they did not open to him. He struck it and ripped open the pregnant women.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The attacked place is Tiphsah in Hebrew but Thersa in Greek; Greek also uses Thersa as the starting point. Both explicitly report the atrocity against pregnant women.
Verse 15:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel for ten years in Samaria.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Manaem son of Gaddi became king over Israel for ten years in Samaria.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The accession date and ten-year duration agree.
Verse 15:18 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:18 He did evil in YHWH's eyes. All his days he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:18 He did evil in the Lord's eyes. He did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Hebrew closes with ‘all his days’; Greek's temporal phrase begins the Assyrian notice in the next verse instead.
Verse 15:19 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:19 Pul king of Assyria came against the land. Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hands would be with him, to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:19 In his days Phul king of the Assyrians went up against the land. Manaem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand would be with him.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek adds the opening temporal phrase but lacks the explicit purpose of securing the kingdom. Both give a thousand talents of silver.
Verse 15:20 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:20 Menahem exacted the silver from Israel, from every man of wealth, to give to the king of Assyria: fifty silver shekels for each man. The king of Assyria returned and did not remain there in the land.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:20 Manaem exacted the silver from Israel, from everyone mighty in strength, to give to the king of the Assyrians: fifty shekels for each man. The king of the Assyrians returned and did not remain there in the land.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew's גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל is contextualized as men of means; Greek explicitly describes strength. The assessment is fifty shekels each in both.
Verse 15:21 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:21 The rest of Menahem's deeds and all that he did—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:21 The rest of Manaem's deeds and all that he did—look, are these not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The archival formula agrees, with Greek's added ‘look.’
Verse 15:22 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:22 Menahem lay down with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:22 Manaem lay down with his fathers, and his son Phakeias became king in his place.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The same succession is expressed through corresponding name forms.
Verse 15:23 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, for two years.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Phakeias son of Manaem became king over Israel in Samaria, for two years.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Date, place, genealogy, and duration agree.
Verse 15:24 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:24 He did evil in YHWH's eyes. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:24 He did evil in the Lord's eyes. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both repeat the adverse royal assessment.
Verse 15:25 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:25 Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh. With him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He put him to death and became king in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:25 Phakee son of Romelias, his third-ranking officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in front of the king's house, with Argob and Aria. With him were fifty men from the four hundred. He put him to death and became king in his place.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew has the palace citadel and fifty Gileadites; Greek has the area before the palace and fifty of ‘the four hundred.’ The ambiguous attachment of Argob and Arieh/Aria is retained.
Verse 15:26 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:26 The rest of Pekahiah's deeds and all that he did—there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:26 The rest of Phakeias's deeds and all that he did—look, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both supply the same archival notice.
Verse 15:27 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, for twenty years.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Phakee son of Romelias became king over Israel in Samaria, for twenty years.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the same accession date and twenty-year reign.
Verse 15:28 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:28 He did evil in YHWH's eyes. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:28 He did evil in the Lord's eyes. He did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek makes the comprehensive ‘any’ explicit; the verdict agrees.
Verse 15:29 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and exiled them to Assyria.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:29 In the days of Phakee king of Israel, Thaglathphellasar king of the Assyrians came and took Ain, Abelbaithamaacha, Janoch, Kenez, Asor, Gilead, and Galilee, all Naphtali's land, and deported them to the Assyrians.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Several place-name forms differ, especially Ijon/Ain and Kedesh/Kenez. Both preserve the same broad northern conquest and deportation.
Verse 15:30 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:30 Hoshea son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, struck him, put him to death, and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:30 Hoshea son of Ela formed a conspiracy against Phakee son of Romelias, struck him, put him to death, and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Azariah.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Uzziah corresponds here to Greek Azariah. Both give Jotham's twentieth year, retained alongside the sixteen-year reign in verse thirty-three without a supplied chronological solution.
Verse 15:31 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:31 The rest of Pekah's deeds and all that he did—there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:31 The rest of Phakee's deeds and all that he did—look, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The archival notice agrees.
Verse 15:32 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:32 In the second year of Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, Jotham son of Azariah, king of Judah, became king.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The father is Uzziah in Hebrew and Azariah in Greek; the accession synchronism agrees.
Verse 15:33 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusa daughter of Sadok.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both give the same age, reign, city, and maternal genealogy.
Verse 15:34 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:34 He did what was right in YHWH's eyes, doing in accordance with everything his father Uzziah had done.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:34 He did what was right in the Lord's eyes, in accordance with everything his father Ozias had done.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Greek now uses Ozias, corresponding to Uzziah, rather than Azariah. Both give the same paternal assessment.
Verse 15:35 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:35 Only the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned offerings at the high places. He built the upper gate of YHWH's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:35 Only he did not remove the high places; the people still sacrificed and burned incense at the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord's house.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek assigns nonremoval directly to the king; both credit him with the upper gate.
Verse 15:36 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:36 The rest of Jotham's deeds, what he did—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:36 The rest of Jotham's deeds and everything he did—are these not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek adds the comprehensive ‘everything’ to the corresponding notice.
Verse 15:37 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:37 In those days YHWH began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:37 In those days the Lord began sending Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias against Judah.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both attribute the beginning of the two kings' pressure on Judah to the Lord.
Verse 15:38 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
15:38 Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
15:38 Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Death, burial, and succession correspond.