Discovery Box2 Kings 2:12 
Context2:12 While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, “My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” 1 Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.
2 Kings 5:5
Context5:5 The king of Syria said, “Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman 2 went, taking with him ten talents 3 of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, 4 and ten suits of clothes.
2 Kings 5:22-23
Context5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. 5 My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. 6 Please give them a talent 7 of silver and two suits of clothes.’” 5:23 Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 8 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. 9
2 Kings 7:15
Context7:15 So they tracked them 10 as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. 11 The scouts 12 went back and told the king.
2 Kings 18:37
Context18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn 13 and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
1 sn Elisha may be referring to the fiery chariot(s) and horses as the Lord’s spiritual army that fights on behalf of Israel (see 2 Kgs 6:15-17; 7:6). However, the juxtaposition with “my father” (clearly a reference to Elijah as Elisha’s mentor), and the parallel in 2 Kgs 13:14 (where the king addresses Elisha with these words), suggest that Elisha is referring to Elijah. In this case Elijah is viewed as a one man army, as it were. When the Lord spoke through him, his prophetic word was as powerful as an army of chariots and horses. See M. A. Beek, “The Meaning of the Expression ‘The Chariots and Horsemen of Israel’ (II Kings ii 12),” The Witness of Tradition (OTS 17), 1-10.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 750 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).
4 tn Heb “six thousand gold […].” The unit of measure is not given in the Hebrew text. A number of English versions supply “pieces” (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, TEV) or “shekels” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “peace.”
6 tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”
7 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).
8 tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”
9 tn Heb “before him.”
10 tn Heb “went after.”
11 tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”
12 tn Or “messengers.”
13 sn As a sign of grief and mourning.
