Discovery Box2 Kings 1:9 
Context1:9 The king 1 sent a captain and his fifty soldiers 2 to retrieve Elijah. 3 The captain 4 went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. 5 He told him, “Prophet, 6 the king says, ‘Come down!’”
2 Kings 2:14
Context2:14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, 7 hit the water with it, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.
2 Kings 2:17
Context2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. 8
2 Kings 2:21
Context2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified 9 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” 10
2 Kings 2:23-24
Context2:23 He went up from there to Bethel. 11 As he was traveling up the road, some young boys 12 came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!” 2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. 13 Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
2 Kings 3:2
Context3:2 He did evil in the sight of 14 the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 4:25
Context4:25 So she went to visit 15 the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he 16 saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, it’s the Shunammite woman.
2 Kings 4:41
Context4:41 He said, “Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” 17 There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.
2 Kings 5:8
Context5:8 When Elisha the prophet 18 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 19 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
2 Kings 5:11
Context5:11 Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.
2 Kings 5:14
Context5:14 So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. 20 His skin became as smooth as a young child’s 21 and he was healed.
2 Kings 5:23
Context5:23 Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 22 He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi. 23
2 Kings 6:15
Context6:15 The prophet’s 24 attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha, 25 “Oh no, my master! What will we do?”
2 Kings 6:17
Context6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that 26 the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
2 Kings 6:23
Context6:23 So he threw a big banquet 27 for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back 28 to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel.
2 Kings 8:26-27
Context8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. 29 His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter 30 of King Omri of Israel. 8:27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of 31 the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family. 32
2 Kings 9:19
Context9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them 33 and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” 34 Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”
2 Kings 9:22
Context9:22 When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?” 35
2 Kings 9:34
Context9:34 He went inside and had a meal. 36 Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.” 37
2 Kings 9:36
Context9:36 When they went back and told him, he said, “The Lord’s word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, 38 ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.
2 Kings 10:9
Context10:9 In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people, “You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men?
2 Kings 10:14
Context10:14 He said, “Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.
2 Kings 13:17
Context13:17 Elisha 39 said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. 40 Elisha said, “Shoot!” and
he did so. 41 Elisha 42 said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. 43 You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” 44
2 Kings 14:14
Context14:14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. 45 Then he went back to Samaria. 46
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2 Kings 15:9
Context15:9 He did evil in the sight of 47 the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate 48 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:16
Context15:16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. 49 He even ripped open the pregnant women.
2 Kings 15:18
Context15:18 He did evil in the sight of 50 the Lord; he did not repudiate 51 the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. 52
During his reign,
2 Kings 16:3
Context16:3 He followed in the footsteps of 53 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 54 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 55 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 17:23
Context17:23 Finally 56 the Lord rejected Israel 57 just as he had warned he would do 58 through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.
2 Kings 21:19
Context21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. 59 His mother 60 was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.
2 Kings 23:19
Context23:19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the Lord. 61 He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel. 62
2 Kings 23:36
Context23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 63 His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
2 Kings 24:18
Context24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 64 His mother 65 was Hamutal, 66 the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”
3 tn Heb “to him.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.
6 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).
7 tn Heb “Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him.” The wording is changed slightly in the translation for the sake of variety of expression (see v. 13).
8 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Or “healed.”
10 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
11 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
12 tn The word נַעַר (na’ar), here translated “boy,” can refer to a broad age range, including infants as well as young men. But the qualifying term “young” (or “small”) suggests these youths were relatively young. The phrase in question (“young boy”) occurs elsewhere in 1 Sam 20:35; 1 Kgs 3:7 (used by Solomon in an hyperbolic manner); 11:17; 2 Kgs 5:14; and Isa 11:6.
13 tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the
14 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
15 tn Heb “went and came.”
16 tn Heb “the man of God.” The phrase has been replaced by the relative pronoun “he” in the translation for stylistic reasons.
17 tn Or “and let them eat.”
18 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
19 tn Heb “Let him come.”
20 tn Heb “according to the word of the man of God.”
21 tn Heb “and his skin was restored, like the skin of a small child.”
22 tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”
23 tn Heb “before him.”
24 tn Heb “man of God’s.”
25 tn Heb “his young servant said to him.”
26 tn Heb “and he saw, and look.”
27 tn Or “held a great feast.”
28 tn Heb “they went back.”
29 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
30 tn Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּת.
31 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
32 tn Heb “and he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the
33 tn Heb “and he came to them.”
34 tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.
35 tn Heb “How [can there be] peace as long as the adulterous acts of Jezebel your mother and her many acts of sorcery [continue]?” In this instance “adulterous acts” is employed metaphorically for idolatry. As elsewhere in the OT, worshiping other gods is viewed as spiritual adultery and unfaithfulness to the one true God. The phrase “many acts of sorcery” could be taken literally, for Jezebel undoubtedly utilized pagan divination practices, but the phrase may be metaphorical, pointing to her devotion to pagan customs in general.
36 tn Heb “and he went and ate and drank.”
37 tn Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”
38 tn Heb “It is the word of the
39 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
40 tn Heb “He opened [it].”
41 tn Heb “and he shot.”
42 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
43 tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the
44 tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”
45 tn Heb “the sons of the pledges.”
46 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
47 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
48 tn Heb “turn away from.”
49 tn Heb “then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, for it would not open, and he attacked.”
tn Instead of “Tiphsah,” the LXX has “Tirzah,” while Lucian’s Greek version reads “Tappuah.” For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171.
50 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
51 tn Heb “turn away from.”
52 tc The MT of v. 18 ends with the words, “all his days.” If this phrase is taken with what precedes, then one should translate, “[who encouraged Israel to sin] throughout his reign.” However, it may be preferable to emend the text to בְיֹמָיו (bÿyomav), “in his days,” and join the phrase to what follows. The translation assumes this change.
53 tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”
54 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
55 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
56 tn Heb “until.”
57 tn Heb “the
58 tn Heb “just as he said.”
59 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
60 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
61 tc Heb “which the kings of Israel had made, angering.” The object has been accidentally omitted in the MT. It appears in the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions.
62 tn Heb “and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.”
map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
63 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
64 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
65 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
66 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
