Discovery Box2 Kings 2:13 
Context2:13 He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.
2 Kings 2:18
Context2:18 When they came back, Elisha 1 was staying in Jericho. He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
2 Kings 3:1
Context3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; 2 he ruled for twelve years.
2 Kings 3:8
Context3:8 He then asked, “Which invasion route are we going to take?” 3 Jehoram 4 answered, “By the road through the Desert of Edom.”
2 Kings 3:10
Context3:10 The king of Israel said, “Oh no! 5 Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”
2 Kings 4:14
Context4:14 So he asked Gehazi, 6 “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
2 Kings 4:16
Context4:16 He said, “About this time next year 7 you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”
2 Kings 4:23
Context4:23 He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon 8 or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.” 9
2 Kings 5:3
Context5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! 10 Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”
2 Kings 5:21
Context5:21 So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?” 11
2 Kings 6:5
Context6:5 As one of them was felling a log, the ax head 12 dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, 13 my master! It was borrowed!”
2 Kings 6:8
Context6:8 Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade 14 at such and such 15 a place.”
2 Kings 6:11
Context6:11 This made the king of Syria upset. 16 So he summoned his advisers 17 and said to them, “One of us must be helping the king of Israel.” 18
2 Kings 6:14
Context6:14 So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. 19 They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.
2 Kings 6:31
Context6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely 20 if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” 21
2 Kings 7:14
Context7:14 So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. 22 He ordered them, “Go and find out what’s going on.” 23
2 Kings 8:10
Context8:10 Elisha said to him, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,’ 24 but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die.”
2 Kings 8:28
Context8:28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.
2 Kings 9:10
Context9:10 Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’” 25 Then he opened the door and ran away.
2 Kings 9:32
Context9:32 He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three 26 eunuchs looked down at him.
2 Kings 10:11
Context10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.
2 Kings 10:16-17
Context10:16 Jehu 27 said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord’s cause.” 28 So he 29 took him along in his chariot. 10:17 He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, 30 just as the Lord had announced to Elijah. 31
2 Kings 10:22
Context10:22 Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, 32 “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.
2 Kings 11:3
Context11:3 He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple 33 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
2 Kings 11:5
Context11:5 He ordered them, “This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.
2 Kings 12:1
Context12:1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. 34 His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.
2 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy 35 and the Lord responded favorably, 36 for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. 37
2 Kings 13:16
Context13:16 Then Elisha 38 told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.” 39 He did so, 40 and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands.
2 Kings 14:8
Context14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.” 41
2 Kings 14:11
Context14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, 42 so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. 43 He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face 44 in Beth Shemesh of Judah.
2 Kings 14:19-20
Context14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 45 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 46 and they killed him there. 14:20 His body was carried back by horses 47 and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.
2 Kings 15:13-15
Context15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s 48 reign over Judah. He reigned for one month 49 in Samaria. 15:14 Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to 50 Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. 51 He killed him and took his place as king. 15:15 The rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, including the conspiracy he organized, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 52
2 Kings 15:23
Context15:23 In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 53 for two years.
2 Kings 16:6
Context16:6 (At that time King Rezin of Syria 54 recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. 55 Syrians 56 arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)
2 Kings 16:18
Context16:18 He also removed the Sabbath awning 57 that had been built 58 in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria. 59
2 Kings 17:1-2
Context17:1 In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 60 for nine years. 17:2 He did evil in the sight of 61 the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.
2 Kings 17:28
Context17:28 So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. 62 He taught them how to worship 63 the Lord.
2 Kings 17:37
Context17:37 You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.
2 Kings 18:5
Context18:5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. 64
2 Kings 18:29
Context18:29 This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand! 65
2 Kings 19:2
Context19:2 He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, 66 clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:
2 Kings 19:8-9
Context19:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. 67 19:9 The king 68 heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. 69 He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:
2 Kings 19:16
Context19:16 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! 70
2 Kings 20:12
Context20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan 71 son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.
2 Kings 21:2
Context21:2 He did evil in the sight of 72 the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations 73 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:11
Context21:11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. 74 He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols. 75
2 Kings 21:21
Context21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father 76 and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols 77 which his father had worshiped. 78
2 Kings 23:7
Context23:7 He tore down the quarters 79 of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines 80 for Asherah.
2 Kings 23:25-26
Context23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses. 81
23:26 Yet the Lord’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done. 82
2 Kings 24:1
Context24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, 83 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. 84 Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. 85
2 Kings 24:15
Context24:15 He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king’s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land. 86
2 Kings 25:6
Context25:6 They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, 87 where he 88 passed sentence on him.
2 Kings 25:9
Context25:9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. 89
2 Kings 25:22
Context25:22 Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah. 90
2 Kings 25:28
Context25:28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than 91 the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
3 tn Heb “Where is the road we will go up?”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Or “ah.”
6 tn Heb “and he said.”
7 tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.
8 sn The new moon was a time of sacrifice and special feasts (Num 28:14; 1 Sam 20:5). Apparently it was a convenient time to visit a prophet. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.
9 tn Heb “peace.”
10 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
11 tn Heb “Is there peace?”
12 tn Heb “iron.”
13 tn Or “ah.”
14 tc The verb form used here is difficult to analyze. On the basis of the form נְחִתִּים (nÿkhitim) in v. 9 from the root נָחַת (nakhat), it is probably best to emend the verb to תִּנְחְתוּ (tinkhÿtu; a Qal imperfect form from the same root). The verb נָחַת in at least two other instances carries the nuance “go down, descend” in a military context. For a defense of this view, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 72.
15 sn The advisers would have mentioned a specific location, but the details are not significant to the narrator’s purpose, so he simply paraphrases here.
16 tn Heb “and the heart of the king of Syria was stirred up over this thing.”
17 tn Heb “servants.”
18 tn Heb “Will you not tell me who among us [is] for the king of Israel?” The sarcastic rhetorical question expresses the king’s suspicion.
19 tn Heb “heavy force.”
20 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
21 tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
22 tn Heb “and the king sent [them] after the Syrian camp.”
23 tn Heb “Go and see.”
24 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) reads, “Go, say, ‘Surely you will not (לֹא, lo’) recover” In this case the vav beginning the next clause should be translated, “for, because.” The marginal reading (Qere) has, “Go, say to him (לוֹ, lo), ‘You will surely recover.” In this case the vav (ו) beginning the next clause should be translated, “although, but.” The Qere has the support of some medieval Hebrew
25 sn Note how the young prophet greatly expands the message Elisha had given to him. In addition to lengthening the introductory formula (by adding “the God of Israel”) and the official declaration that accompanies the act of anointing (by adding “the
26 tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.
27 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
28 tn Heb “and see my zeal for the
29 tc The MT has a plural form, but this is most likely an error. The LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate all have the singular.
30 tn Heb “and he struck down all the remaining ones to Ahab in Samaria until he destroyed him.”
31 tn Heb “according to the word of the
32 tn Heb “and he said to the one who was over the wardrobe.”
33 tn Heb “and he was with her [in] the house of the
34 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
35 tn Heb “appeased the face of the
36 tn Heb “and the
37 tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”
38 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”
40 tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”
41 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.
42 tn Heb “did not listen.”
43 tn Heb “went up.”
44 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”
45 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
46 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
47 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
48 sn Azariah was also known by the name Uzziah.
49 tn Heb “a month of days.”
50 tn Heb “and came to.”
51 tn Heb “went up from Tirzah and arrived in Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria.”
52 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he conspired, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”
53 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
54 tc Some prefer to read “the king of Edom” and “for Edom” here. The names Syria (Heb “Aram,” אֲרָם, ’aram) and Edom (אֱדֹם, ’edom) are easily confused in the Hebrew consonantal script.
55 tn Heb “from Elat.”
56 tc The consonantal text (Kethib), supported by many medieval Hebrew
57 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term מוּסַךְ (musakh; Qere) / מִיסַךְ (misakh; Kethib) is uncertain. For discussion see HALOT 557 s.v. מוּסַךְ and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 189-90.
58 tn Heb “that they built.”
59 sn It is doubtful that Tiglath-pileser ordered these architectural changes. Ahaz probably made these changes so he could send some of the items and materials to the Assyrian king as tribute. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 190, 193.
60 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
61 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
62 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
63 tn Heb “fear.”
64 tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.”
65 tc The MT has “his hand,” but this is due to graphic confusion of vav (ו) and yod (י). The translation reads “my hand,” along with many medieval Hebrew
66 tn Heb “elders of the priests.”
67 tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”
68 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
69 tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘Look, he has come out to fight with you.’”
70 tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”
71 tc The MT has “Berodach-Baladan,” but several Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:1 and read “Merodach-Baladan.”
72 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
73 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
74 tn Heb “these horrible sins.”
75 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
76 tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”
77 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
78 tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”
79 tn Or “cubicles.” Heb “houses.”
80 tn Heb “houses.” Perhaps tent-shrines made from cloth are in view (see BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת). M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 286) understand this as referring to clothes made for images of the goddess.
81 tn Heb “and like him there was not a king before him who returned to the
sn The description of Josiah’s devotion as involving his whole “heart, soul, and being” echoes the language of Deut 6:5.
82 tn Heb “Yet the
83 tn Heb “In his days.”
84 tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.
85 tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”
86 tn Heb “and he deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the mighty of the land he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.”
87 sn Riblah was a strategic town on the Orontes River in Syria. It was at a crossing of the major roads between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Pharaoh Necho had earlier received Jehoahaz there and put him in chains (2 Kgs 23:33) prior to taking him captive to Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar had set up his base camp for conducting his campaigns against the Palestinian states there and was now sitting in judgment on prisoners brought to him.
88 tn The Hebrew text has the plural form of the verb, but the parallel passage in Jer 52:9 has the singular.
89 tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”
90 tn Heb “And the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.”
91 tn Heb “made his throne above the throne of.”
