2 Kings 1:13

1:13 The king¹ sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell² on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

2 Kings 2:15

2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho,³ who were standing at a distance,⁴ saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah⁵ rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Kings 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet⁶ – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain.⁷ Elisha⁸ said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

2 Kings 5:15

5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman⁹ came and stood before him. He said, “For sure¹⁰ I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”

2 Kings 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders.¹¹ The king¹² sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived,¹³ Elisha¹⁴ said to the leaders,¹⁵ “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?”¹⁶ Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.”¹⁷

2 Kings 8:9

8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha.¹⁸ He took along a gift,¹⁹ as well as²⁰ forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son,²¹ King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,²² ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 23:3

23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed²³ the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow²⁴ the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being,²⁵ by carrying out the terms²⁶ of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.²⁷

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”

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⁴tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

⁵tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”

⁶tn Heb “man of God.”

⁷tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “look.”

¹¹tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵tn Heb “elders.”

¹⁶tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

¹⁷tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

¹⁸tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹tn The Hebrew text also has “in his hand.”

²⁰tn Heb “and.” It is possible that the conjunction is here explanatory, equivalent to English “that is.” In this case the forty camel loads constitute the “gift” and one should translate, “He took along a gift, consisting of forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus.”

²¹sn The words “your son” emphasize the king’s respect for the prophet.

²²tn Heb “saying.”

²³tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”

²⁴tn Heb “walk after.”

²⁵tn Or “soul.”

²⁶tn Heb “words.”

²⁷tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”