2 Kings 1:16

1:16 Elijah 1  said to the king, 2  “This is what the Lord says, ‘You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! 3  Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.’” 4 

2 Kings 4:27

4:27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. 5  The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”

2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. 6  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” 7  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents 8  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

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

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

3 tn Heb “Because you sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is there no God in Israel to inquire of his word?”

4 sn For the third time in this chapter we read the Lord’s sarcastic question to king and the accompanying announcement of judgment. The repetition emphasizes one of the chapter’s main themes. Israel’s leaders should seek guidance from their own God, not a pagan deity, for Israel’s sovereign God is the one who controls life and death.

5 tn Heb “her soul [i.e., ‘disposition’] is bitter.”

6 tn Or “I have done wrong.”

7 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

8 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.