2 Kings 2:11

2:11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot¹ pulled by fiery horses appeared.² They went between Elijah and Elisha,³ and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

2 Kings 2:17

2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.⁴

2 Kings 3:22

3:22 When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood.

2 Kings 4:6

4:6 When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons,⁵ “Bring me another container.” But he answered her, “There are no more.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing.

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha Makes a Meal Edible

4:38 Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him⁶ and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire⁷ and boil some stew for the prophets.”⁸

2 Kings 6:20

6:20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.⁹

2 Kings 7:3

7:3 Now four men with a skin disease¹⁰ were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?¹¹

2 Kings 9:5

9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there.¹² So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.”¹³ Jehu asked, “For which one of us?”¹⁴ He replied, “For you, O officer.”

2 Kings 15:35

15:35 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were¹⁵ in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute¹⁶ to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 19:35

19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they¹⁷ got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.¹⁸

2 Kings 24:16

24:16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.¹⁹

2 Kings 25:7

25:7 Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch.²⁰ The king of Babylon²¹ then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:11

25:11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.²²

2 Kings 25:26

25:26 Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for²³ Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.

¹tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

²tn Heb “look, a chariot of fire and horses of fire.”

³tn Heb “and they made a division between the two of them.”

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

⁵tn Heb “to her son.”

⁶tn Heb “the sons of the prophets were sitting before him.”

⁷tn The words “the fire” are added for clarification.

⁸tn Heb “sons of the prophets.”

⁹tn Heb “and they saw, and look, [they were] in the middle of Samaria.”

¹⁰sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.

¹¹tn Heb “until we die.”

¹²tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”

¹³tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”

¹⁴tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”

¹⁵tn Heb “that was found.”

¹⁶tn Or “bribe money.”

¹⁷tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

¹⁸tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”

¹⁹tn Heb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”

²⁰tn Heb “were killed before his eyes.”

²¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²²tc The MT has “the multitude.” But הֶהָמוֹן (hehamon) should probably be emended to הֶאָמוֹן (he’amon).

²³tn Heb “arose and went to.”