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. ¹ 

2 Kings 3:9

3:9 So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom ²  set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

2 Kings 23:22

23:22 He issued this edict because ³  a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the judges; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah. ⁴ 

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

² tn Heb “the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom.”

³ tn The Hebrew text has simply “because.” The translation attempts to reflect more clearly the logical connection between the king’s order and the narrator’s observation. Another option is to interpret כִּי (ki) as asseverative and translate, “indeed.”

⁴ tn Heb “because there had not been observed [one] like this Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel and all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.”