Discovery Box2 Kings 1:15 
Context1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down 1 with him to the king.
2 Kings 6:33
Context6:33 He was still talking to them when 2 the messenger approached 3 and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! 4 Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”
2 Kings 9:18
Context9:18 So the horseman 5 went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” 6 Jehu replied, “None of your business! 7 Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”
2 Kings 10:8
Context10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, 8 “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu 9 said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”
2 Kings 19:35
Context19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they 10 got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses. 11
1 sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.
2 tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.
3 tn Heb “came down to him.”
4 tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the
5 tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”
6 tn Heb “Is there peace?”
7 tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”
8 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.
11 tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”
