2 Kings 2:19

Elisha Demonstrates His Authority

2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our ¹  master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.” ² 

2 Kings 4:25

4:25 So she went to visit ³  the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he ⁴  saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, it’s the Shunammite woman.

2 Kings 5:11

5:11 Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.

2 Kings 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ⁵  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ⁶  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Kings 5:22

5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. ⁷  My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. ⁸  Please give them a talent ⁹  of silver and two suits of clothes.’”

2 Kings 6:33

6:33 He was still talking to them when ¹⁰  the messenger approached ¹¹  and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! ¹²  Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

2 Kings 19:7

19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ¹³  he will receive ¹⁴  a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ¹⁵  with a sword in his own land.”’”

2 Kings 20:17

20:17 ‘Look, a time is ¹⁶  coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

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¹ tn Heb “my.”

² tn Heb “miscarries” or “is barren.”

³ tn Heb “went and came.”

⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.” The phrase has been replaced by the relative pronoun “he” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

⁶ tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

⁷ tn Heb “peace.”

⁸ tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.

¹¹ tn Heb “came down to him.”

¹² tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”

¹³ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

¹⁴ tn Heb “hear.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “days are.”