2 Kings 1:15

1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down ¹  with him to the king.

2 Kings 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ²  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ³  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ⁴  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ⁵  killed him at Megiddo ⁶  when he saw him.

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¹ sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.

² tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

³ tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

⁴ tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.