2 Kings 3:23-24

3:23 The Moabites ¹  said, “It’s blood! The kings are totally destroyed! ²  They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!” 3:24 When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites ³  thoroughly defeated ⁴  Moab.

2 Kings 6:18

6:18 As they approached him, ⁵  Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people ⁶  with blindness.” ⁷  The Lord ⁸  struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. ⁹ 

2 Kings 13:18

13:18 Then Elisha ¹⁰  said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. ¹¹  He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped.

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¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Moabites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The translation assumes the verb is חָרַב (kharav, “to be desolate”). The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb form for emphasis. (For another example of the Hophal infinitive with a Niphal finite verb, see Lev 19:20. Cf. also IBHS 582 §35.2.1c.) Some prefer to derive the verb from a proposed homonym meaning “at HALOT 349 s.v. II חרב and BDB 352 s.v. חָרְבָה).

³ tn Heb “they.”

⁴ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) suggests, “and they went, striking down,” but the marginal reading (Qere) is “they struck down, striking down.” For a discussion of the textual problem, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 46.

⁵ tn Heb “and they came down to him.”

⁶ tn Or “this nation,” perhaps emphasizing the strength of the Syrian army.

⁷ tn On the basis of the Akkadian etymology of the word, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 74) translate “blinding light.” HALOT 761 s.v. סַנְוֵרִים suggests the glosses “dazzling, deception.”

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “and he took [them].”