2 Kings 1:13

1:13 The king ¹  sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell ²  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 7:2

7:2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man ³  responded to the prophet, ⁴  “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” ⁵  Elisha ⁶  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ⁷ 

2 Kings 13:19

13:19 The prophet ⁸  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! ⁹  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

2 Kings 23:24

23:24 Josiah also got rid of ¹⁰  the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, ¹¹  the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, ¹²  and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law ¹³  recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

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

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

³ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand the king leans.”

⁴ tn Heb “man of God.”

⁵ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” Opening holes in the sky would allow the waters stored up there to pour to the earth and assure a good crop. But, the officer argues, even if this were to happen, it would take a long time to grow and harvest the crop.

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

⁷ tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”

⁸ tn Heb “man of God.”

⁹ tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.

¹⁰ tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.

¹¹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.

¹² sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

¹³ tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”