2 Kings 2:15

2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, 1  who were standing at a distance, 2  saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah 3  rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Kings 5:26

5:26 Elisha 4  replied, “I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. 5  This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants. 6 

2 Kings 22:19

22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit 7  and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. 8  You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

1 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

2 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

3 tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”

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

5 tn Heb “Did not my heart go as a man turned from his chariot to meet you?” The rhetorical question emphasizes that he was indeed present in “heart” (or “spirit”) and was very much aware of what Gehazi had done. In the MT the interrogative particle has been accidentally omitted before the negative particle.

6 tn In the MT the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is this the time…?” It expects an emphatic negative response.

7 tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

8 tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.