2 Kings 2:14
Context2:14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, 1 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 2:20-22
Context2:20 Elisha 2 said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it. 2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified 3 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” 4 2:22 The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied. 5
2 Kings 2:24
Context2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. 6 Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
1 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).
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “healed.”
4 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
5 tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.”
6 tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the