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 5:7

5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease?³ Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”⁴

2 Kings 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders.⁵ The king⁶ sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived,⁷ Elisha⁸ said to the leaders,⁹ “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?”¹⁰ Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.”¹¹

2 Kings 9:25

9:25 Jehu ordered¹² his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

2 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all¹³ to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew¹⁴ from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 13:23

13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them.¹⁵ He extended his favor to them¹⁶ because of the promise he had made¹⁷ to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.¹⁸

2 Kings 18:31

18:31 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me.¹⁹ Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

2 Kings 23:3

23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed²⁰ the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow²¹ the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being,²² by carrying out the terms²³ of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.²⁴

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

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

³tn Heb “Am I God, killing and restoring life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his skin disease?” In the Hebrew text this is one lengthy rhetorical question, which has been divided up in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴tn Heb “Indeed, know and see that he is seeking an occasion with respect to me.”

⁵tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

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

⁹tn Heb “elders.”

¹⁰tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

¹¹tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

¹²tn Heb “said to.”

¹³tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁴tn Heb “went up.”

¹⁵tn Or “showed them compassion.”

¹⁶tn Heb “he turned to them.”

¹⁷tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”

¹⁸tn Heb “until now.”

¹⁹tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”

²⁰tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”

²¹tn Heb “walk after.”

²²tn Or “soul.”

²³tn Heb “words.”

²⁴tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”