2 Kings 3:15

3:15 But now, get me a musician.” ¹  When the musician played, the Lord energized him, ² 

2 Kings 5:19

5:19 Elisha ³  said to him, “Go in peace.”

When he had gone a short distance, ⁴ 

2 Kings 8:11

8:11 Elisha ⁵  just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. ⁶  Then the prophet started crying.

2 Kings 10:4

10:4 They were absolutely terrified ⁷  and said, “Look, two kings could not stop him! ⁸  How can we?” ⁹ 

2 Kings 10:35

10:35 Jehu passed away ¹⁰  and was buried in Samaria. ¹¹  His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king.

2 Kings 12:2

12:2 Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, ¹²  just as ¹³  Jehoiada the priest taught him.

2 Kings 13:9

13:9 Jehoahaz passed away ¹⁴  and was buried ¹⁵  in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

2 Kings 13:15

13:15 Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. ¹⁶ 

2 Kings 13:24

13:24 When King Hazael of Syria died, his son Ben Hadad replaced him as king.

2 Kings 15:22

15:22 Menahem passed away ¹⁷  and his son Pekahiah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 20:4

20:4 Isaiah was still in the middle courtyard when the Lord told him, ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 20:21

20:21 Hezekiah passed away ¹⁹  and his son Manasseh replaced him as king.

2 Kings 21:23

21:23 Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

2 Kings 24:6

24:6 He passed away ²⁰  and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.

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¹ tn The term used refers to one who plays a stringed instrument, perhaps a harp.

² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord came on him.” This may refer to what typically happened, “[for] when a musician played, the hand of the Lord would come upon him.”

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

⁴ tn Heb “and he went from him a distance of land.” The precise meaning of כִּבְרַה (kivrah) “distance,” is uncertain. See BDB 460 s.v. כִּבְרַה, and HALOT 459-60 s.v. II *כְּבָרַה, and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and he made his face stand [i.e., be motionless] and set [his face?] until embarrassment.”

⁷ tn Heb “they were very, very afraid.” The term מְאֹד (me’od) “very,” is repeated for emphasis.

⁸ tn Heb “did not stand before him.”

⁹ tn Heb “How can we stand?”

¹⁰ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹¹ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹² tn Heb “and Jehoash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord all his days.”

¹³ tn Heb “that which.” Jehoiada taught the king the Lord’s will.

¹⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and he took a bow and some arrows.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁸ tc Heb “and Isaiah had not gone out of the middle courtyard, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.” Instead of “courtyard” (חָצֵר, khatser), the marginal reading, (Qere), the Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has הָעִיר (ha’ir), “the city.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

²⁰ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”