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2 Kings 2:13

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2:13 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

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2:18 When they came back, Elisha 1  was staying in Jericho. He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

2 Kings 8:3

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8:3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. 2 

2 Kings 9:20

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9:20 The watchman reported, “He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; 3  he drives recklessly.”

2 Kings 9:28

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9:28 His servants took his body 4  back to Jerusalem 5  and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

2 Kings 14:20

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14:20 His body was carried back by horses 6  and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

2 Kings 17:28

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17:28 So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. 7  He taught them how to worship 8  the Lord.

2 Kings 20:10-11

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20:10 Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it 9  to go back ten steps.” 20:11 Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and the Lord 10  made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz. 11 

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”

3 tn Heb “and the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi.”

4 tn Heb “drove him.”

5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

6 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”

7 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

8 tn Heb “fear.”

9 tn Heb “the shadow.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

11 tn Heb “on the steps which [the sun] had gone down, on the steps of Ahaz, back ten steps.”

sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256.



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