2 Kings 13:17

13:17 Elisha 1  said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. 2  Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so. 3  Elisha 4  said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. 5  You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” 6 

2 Kings 23:13

23:13 The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, 7  that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.

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

2 tn Heb “He opened [it].”

3 tn Heb “and he shot.”

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

5 tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

6 tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

7 sn This is a derogatory name for the Mount of Olives, involving a wordplay between מָשְׁחָה (mashÿkhah), “anointing,” and מַשְׁחִית (mashÿkhit), “destruction.” See HALOT 644 s.v. מַשְׁחִית and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 289.