2 Kings 1:5

1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, 1  he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Kings 6:4

6:4 So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.

2 Kings 6:16

6:16 He replied, “Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.” 2 

2 Kings 6:22

6:22 He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? 3  Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”

2 Kings 11:4

11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned 4  the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians 5  and the royal bodyguard. 6  He met with them 7  in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement 8  with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

1 tn Heb “to him.”

sn The narrative is elliptical and telescoped here. The account of Elijah encountering the messengers and delivering the Lord’s message is omitted; we only here of it as the messengers report what happened to the king.

2 tn Heb “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

3 tn Heb “Are [they] ones you captured with your sword or your bow (that) you can strike (them) down?”

4 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”

5 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.

6 tn Heb “the runners.”

7 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”

8 tn Or “covenant.”