2 Kings 3:10

3:10 The king of Israel said, “Oh no! Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”

2 Kings 4:10

4:10 Let’s make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”

2 Kings 4:14

4:14 So he asked Gehazi, “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

2 Kings 4:22

4:22 She called to her husband, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.”

2 Kings 6:13

6:13 The king ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”

2 Kings 18:23

18:23 Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

2 Kings 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”

tn Or “ah.”

tn Heb “a small upper room of a wall”; according to HALOT 832 s.v. עֲלִיָּה, this refers to “a fully walled upper room.”

tn Heb “and let’s put there for him.”

tn Heb “and he said.”

tn Heb “he” (also a second time in this verse); the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “Go and see where he [is] so I can send and take him.”

tn Heb “exchange pledges.”

tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?