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 2:19

Elisha Demonstrates His Authority

2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our³ master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.”⁴

2 Kings 5:1

Elisha Heals a Syrian General

5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master,⁵ for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.⁶

2 Kings 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought,⁷ “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him.⁸ 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.⁹ My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country.¹⁰ Please give them a talent¹¹ of silver and two suits of clothes.’”

2 Kings 6:12

6:12 One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”

2 Kings 6:15

6:15 The prophet’s¹² attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha,¹³ “Oh no, my master! What will we do?”

2 Kings 6:23

6:23 So he threw a big banquet¹⁴ for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back¹⁵ to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel.

2 Kings 9:7

9:7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab.¹⁶ I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants.¹⁷

2 Kings 10:9

10:9 In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people, “You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men?

2 Kings 19:6

19:6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me.¹⁸

¹tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

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

³tn Heb “my.”

⁴tn Heb “miscarries” or “is barren.”

⁵tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”

⁶tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (mÿtsora’), traditionally translated “leprous,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 63. Naaman probably had a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy/Hansen’s disease.

⁷tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

⁸tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

⁹tn Heb “peace.”

¹⁰tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

¹¹tn 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).

¹²tn Heb “man of God’s.”

¹³tn Heb “his young servant said to him.”

¹⁴tn Or “held a great feast.”

¹⁵tn Heb “they went back.”

¹⁶tn Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”

¹⁷tn Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”

¹⁸tn Heb “by which the servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me.”