2 Kings 4:12

4:12 He told his servant Gehazi, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.” ¹  So he did so and she came to him. ² 

2 Kings 4:16

4:16 He said, “About this time next year ³  you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

2 Kings 5:2

5:2 Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman’s wife.

2 Kings 5:25

5:25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

2 Kings 8:4

8:4 Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet’s ⁴  servant, and said, “Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.”

2 Kings 8:19

8:19 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of ⁵  his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty. ⁶ 

2 Kings 19:34

19:34 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’” ⁷ 

2 Kings 22:12

22:12 The king ordered Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant,

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¹ tn Heb “Call for this Shunammite woman.”

² tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood before him.”

³ tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

⁴ tn Heb “man of God’s.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew has only one sentence, “and the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah for the sake of.” The translation divides it for the sake of clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty; this is reflected in the translation.

⁷ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”