2 Kings 3:23

3:23 The Moabites¹ said, “It’s blood! The kings are totally destroyed!² They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!”

2 Kings 6:6

6:6 The prophet³ asked, “Where did it drop in?” When he showed him the spot, Elisha⁴ cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the ax head float.

2 Kings 8:15

8:15 The next day Hazael⁵ took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s⁶ face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 14:7

14:7 He defeated⁷ 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

2 Kings 20:19

20:19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.”⁸ Then he added,⁹ “At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”¹⁰

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

²tn 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).

³tn Heb “man of God” (also in v. 9).

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

⁶tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Or “struck down.”

⁸tn Heb “good.”

⁹tn Heb “and he said.” Many English versions translate, “for he thought.” The verb אָמַר (’amar), “say,” is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself). Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.

¹⁰tn Heb “Is it not [true] there will be peace and stability in my days?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, there will be peace and stability.”