2 Kings 3:7

3:7 He sent¹ this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?” Jehoshaphat² replied, “I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal.”³

2 Kings 4:27

4:27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset.⁴ The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”

2 Kings 7:6

7:6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha Again Helps the Shunammite Woman

8:1 Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while,⁵ for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”

2 Kings 8:9

8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha.⁶ He took along a gift,⁷ as well as⁸ forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son,⁹ King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,¹⁰ ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 12:4

12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal¹¹ all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax,¹² the silver received from those who have made vows,¹³ and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.¹⁴

2 Kings 13:23

13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them.¹⁵ He extended his favor to them¹⁶ because of the promise he had made¹⁷ to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.¹⁸

2 Kings 17:26

17:26 The king of Assyria was told,¹⁹ “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people²⁰ because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”

¹tn Heb “went and sent.”

²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoshaphat) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “I will go up – like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”

⁴tn Heb “her soul [i.e., ‘disposition’] is bitter.”

⁵tn Heb “Get up and go, you and your house, and live temporarily where you can live temporarily.”

⁶tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn The Hebrew text also has “in his hand.”

⁸tn Heb “and.” It is possible that the conjunction is here explanatory, equivalent to English “that is.” In this case the forty camel loads constitute the “gift” and one should translate, “He took along a gift, consisting of forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus.”

⁹sn The words “your son” emphasize the king’s respect for the prophet.

¹⁰tn Heb “saying.”

¹¹tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.

¹²tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

¹³tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

¹⁴tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”

¹⁵tn Or “showed them compassion.”

¹⁶tn Heb “he turned to them.”

¹⁷tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”

¹⁸tn Heb “until now.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and they said to the king of Assyria, saying.” The plural subject of the verb is indefinite.

²⁰tn Heb “Look they are killing them.”