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 3:4
Context3:4 Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. 2 He would send as tribute 3 to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
2 Kings 5:5
Context5:5 The king of Syria said, “Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman 4 went, taking with him ten talents 5 of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, 6 and ten suits of clothes.
2 Kings 5:8
Context5:8 When Elisha the prophet 7 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 8 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
2 Kings 9:17
Context9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. 9 He said, “I see troops!” 10 Jehoram ordered, 11 “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” 12
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn For a discussion of the meaning of term (נֹקֵד, noqed), see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 43.
3 tn The vav + perfect here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause. See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 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).
6 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).
7 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
8 tn Heb “Let him come.”
9 tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shif’ah), “quantity,” is used of a quantity of camels (Isa 60:6) or horses (Ezek 26:10) and of an abundance of water (Job 22:11; 38:34).
10 tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.
11 tn Heb “said.”
12 tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”
