2 Kings 6:5

6:5 As one of them was felling a log, the ax head 1  dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, 2  my master! It was borrowed!”

2 Kings 6:31

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely 3  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” 4 

2 Kings 19:21

19:21 This is what the Lord says about him: 5 

“The virgin daughter Zion 6 

despises you, she makes fun of you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head after you. 7 

1 tn Heb “iron.”

2 tn Or “ah.”

3 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

4 tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

5 tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

6 sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.

7 sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.