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 4:40
4:40 The stew was poured out 2 for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, “Death is in the pot, O prophet!” They could not eat it.
2 Kings 10:7
10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. 3 They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.
2 Kings 17:34
17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship 4 the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave 5 the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and they poured out [the stew].” The plural subject is probably indefinite.
3 tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”
4 tn Heb “fear.”
5 tn Heb “commanded.”