2 Kings 2:9

2:9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, ¹  before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.” ² 

2 Kings 3:14

3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ³  lives (whom I serve), ⁴  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, ⁵  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. ⁶ 

2 Kings 19:25

19:25 ⁷ Certainly you must have heard! ⁸ 

Long ago I worked it out,

In ancient times I planned ⁹  it;

and now I am bringing it to pass.

The plan is this:

Fortified cities will crash

into heaps of ruins. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 21:8

21:8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, ¹¹  provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey.”

2 Kings 21:13

21:13 I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria ¹²  and the dynasty of Ahab. ¹³  I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. ¹⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”

² tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”

³ tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

⁵ tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

⁶ tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

⁷ tn Having quoted the Assyrian king’s arrogant words in vv. 23-24, the Lord now speaks to the king.

⁸ tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s amazement that anyone might be ignorant of what he is about to say.

⁹ tn Heb “formed.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and it is to cause to crash into heaps of ruins fortified cities.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb תְּהִי (tÿhi) is the implied plan, referred to in the preceding lines with third feminine singular pronominal suffixes.

¹¹ tn Heb “I will not again make the feet of Israel wander from the land which I gave to their fathers.”

¹² map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹³ tn Heb “I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab.” The measuring line and plumb line are normally used in building a structure, not tearing it down. But here they are used ironically as metaphors of judgment, emphasizing that he will give careful attention to the task of judgment.

¹⁴ tn Heb “just as one wipes a plate, wiping and turning [it] on its face.” The word picture emphasizes how thoroughly the Lord will judge the city.