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 4:29

4:29 Elisha³ told Gehazi, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff,⁴ and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone!⁵ Place my staff on the child’s face.”

2 Kings 8:8

8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift⁶ and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him,⁷ ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 9:1

Jehu Becomes King

9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild⁸ and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container⁹ of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Kings 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated¹⁰ you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!”¹¹

2 Kings 10:10

10:10 Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the Lord announced against Ahab’s dynasty has failed to materialize. The Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah.”¹²

2 Kings 11:6

11:6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation¹³ Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard.¹⁴ You will take turns guarding the palace.¹⁵

2 Kings 17:27

17:27 So the king of Assyria ordered, “Take back one of the priests whom you¹⁶ deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.”¹⁷

2 Kings 19:7

19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind;¹⁸ he will receive¹⁹ a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down²⁰ with a sword in his own land.”’”

¹tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

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

³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴tn Heb “take my staff in your hand.”

⁵tn Heb “If you meet a man, do not greet him with a blessing; if a man greets you with a blessing, do not answer.”

⁶tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”

⁷tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”

⁸tn Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”

⁹tn Or “flask.”

¹⁰tn Heb “anointed.”

¹¹tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

¹²tn Heb “Know then that there has not fallen from the word of the Lord to the ground that which the Lord spoke against the house of Ahab. The Lord has done that which he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.”

¹³tn Heb “the gate of Sur” (followed by many English versions) but no such gate is mentioned elsewhere in the OT. The parallel account in 2 Chr 23:5 has “Foundation Gate.” סוּר (sur), “Sur,” may be a corruption of יְסוֹד (yÿsod) “foundation,” involving in part dalet-resh confusion.

¹⁴tn Heb “the runners.”

¹⁵tn The meaning of מַסָּח (massakh) is not certain. The translation above, rather than understanding it as a genitive modifying “house,” takes it as an adverb describing how the groups will guard the palace. See HALOT 605 s.v. מַסָּח for the proposed meaning “alternating” (i.e., “in turns”).

¹⁶tc The second plural subject may refer to the leaders of the Assyrian army. However, some prefer to read “whom I deported,” changing the verb to a first person singular form with a third masculine plural pronominal suffix. This reading has some support from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic witnesses.

¹⁷tc Heb “and let them go and let them live there, and let him teach them the requirements of the God of the land.” The two plural verbs seem inconsistent with the preceding and following contexts, where only one priest is sent back to Samaria. The singular has the support of Greek, Syriac, and Latin witnesses.

¹⁸tn 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.

¹⁹tn Heb “hear.”

²⁰tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”