Discovery Box2 Kings 13:17 
Context13:17 Elisha 1 said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. 2 Elisha said, “Shoot!” and
he did so. 3 Elisha 4 said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. 5 You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” 6
2 Kings 23:13
Context23:13 The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, 7 that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “He opened [it].”
3 tn Heb “and he shot.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the
6 tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”
7 sn This is a derogatory name for the Mount of Olives, involving a wordplay between מָשְׁחָה (mashÿkhah), “anointing,” and מַשְׁחִית (mashÿkhit), “destruction.” See HALOT 644 s.v. מַשְׁחִית and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 289.
