2 Kings 6:12

6:12 One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”

2 Kings 10:31

10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. ¹  He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. ² 

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ³  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ⁴  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ⁵  and horsemen of Israel!” ⁶ 

2 Kings 17:21

17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. ⁷  Jeroboam drove Israel away ⁸  from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. ⁹ 

2 Kings 17:23

17:23 Finally ¹⁰  the Lord rejected Israel ¹¹  just as he had warned he would do ¹²  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

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¹ tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart.”

² tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

³ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

⁴ tn Heb “went down to him.”

⁵ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

⁶ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

⁷ tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

⁸ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”

⁹ tn Heb “a great sin.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “until.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

¹² tn Heb “just as he said.”