2 Kings 6:22

6:22 He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? ¹  Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”

2 Kings 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. ²  The king ³  sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, ⁴  Elisha ⁵  said to the leaders, ⁶  “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” ⁷  Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” ⁸ 

2 Kings 7:2

7:2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man ⁹  responded to the prophet, ¹⁰  “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” ¹¹  Elisha ¹²  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ¹³ 

2 Kings 7:9

7:9 Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. ¹⁴  If we wait until dawn, ¹⁵  we’ll be punished. ¹⁶  So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

2 Kings 7:17

7:17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man ¹⁷  at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. ¹⁸  This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 9:11

9:11 When Jehu rejoined ²⁰  his master’s servants, they ²¹  asked him, “Is everything all right? ²²  Why did this madman visit you?” He replied, “Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.” ²³ 

2 Kings 9:26

9:26 ‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” ²⁴  says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said.” ²⁵ 

2 Kings 12:9

12:9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of ²⁶  the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 23:5

23:5 He eliminated ²⁷  the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices ²⁸  on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices ²⁹  to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

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¹ tn Heb “Are [they] ones you captured with your sword or your bow (that) you can strike (them) down?”

² tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

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

⁶ tn Heb “elders.”

⁷ tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

⁸ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

⁹ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand the king leans.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “man of God.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” Opening holes in the sky would allow the waters stored up there to pour to the earth and assure a good crop. But, the officer argues, even if this were to happen, it would take a long time to grow and harvest the crop.

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “this day is a day of good news and we are keeping silent.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “the light of the morning.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “punishment will find us.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand he leans.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and the people trampled him in the gate and he died.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “just as the man of God had spoken, [the word] which he spoke when the king came down to him.”

²⁰ tn Heb “went out to.”

²¹ tc The MT has the singular, “he said,” but many witnesses correctly read the plural.

²² tn Heb “Is there peace?”

²³ tn Heb “He said, ‘You, you know the man and his thoughts.’” Jehu tries to deflect their question by reminding them that the man is an eccentric individual who says strange things. His reply suggests that the man said nothing of importance. The translation seeks to bring out the tone and intent of Jehu’s reply.

²⁴ tn Heb “and I will repay you in this plot of land.”

²⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

²⁶ tn Heb “on the right side of the altar as a man enters.”

²⁷ tn Perhaps, “destroyed.”

²⁸ tn Or “burn incense.”

²⁹ tn Or “burned incense.”