Discovery Box2 Kings 2:17 
Context2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. 1
2 Kings 13:19
Context13:19 The prophet 2 got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 3 But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”
2 Kings 13:25
Context13:25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from 4 Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.
2 Kings 18:10
Context18:10 After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured.
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “man of God.”
3 tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.
4 tn Heb “from the hand of.”
