2 Kings 2:3

2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild¹ in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?”² He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Kings 2:5

2:5 Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Kings 12:9

12:9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of³ the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 17:29

17:29 But each of these nations made⁴ its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria⁵ had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

¹tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

²tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

³tn Heb “on the right side of the altar as a man enters.”

⁴sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.

⁵tn Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.