Discovery Box2 Kings 2:21 
Context2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified 1 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” 2
2 Kings 4:2
Context4:2 Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”
2 Kings 4:43
Context4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” 3 He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” 4
2 Kings 5:6
Context5:6 He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: “This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, 5 whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.”
2 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated 6 you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!” 7
2 Kings 9:5
Context9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. 8 So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” 9 Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” 10 He replied, “For you, O officer.”
2 Kings 9:17
Context9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. 11 He said, “I see troops!” 12 Jehoram ordered, 13 “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” 14
2 Kings 10:8
Context10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, 15 “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu 16 said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”
2 Kings 13:19
Context13:19 The prophet 17 got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 18 But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”
2 Kings 16:7
Context16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent. 19 March up and rescue me from the power 20 of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked 21 me.”
2 Kings 17:41
Context17:41 These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.
2 Kings 19:18
Context19:18 They have burned the gods of the nations, 22 for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. 23
2 Kings 19:25
Context19:25 24 Certainly you must have heard! 25
Long ago I worked it out,
In ancient times I planned 26 it;
and now I am bringing it to pass.
The plan is this:
Fortified cities will crash
into heaps of ruins. 27
2 Kings 20:17
Context20:17 ‘Look, a time is 28 coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
2 Kings 20:19
Context20:19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” 29 Then he added, 30 “At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.” 31
2 Kings 22:4
Context22:4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down 32 the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.
2 Kings 22:18
Context22:18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:
2 Kings 22:20
Context22:20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 33 You will not have to witness 34 all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.
2 Kings 23:17
Context23:17 He asked, “What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied, “It’s the grave of the prophet 35 who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
1 tn Or “healed.”
2 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
3 tn Heb “How can I set this before a hundred men?”
4 tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.
5 tn Heb “and now when this letter comes to you, look, I have sent to you Naaman my servant.”
6 tn Heb “anointed.”
7 tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”
8 tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”
9 tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”
10 tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”
11 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).
12 tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.
13 tn Heb “said.”
14 tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”
15 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “man of God.”
18 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.
19 tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-pileser’s subject.
20 tn Heb “hand, palm.”
21 tn Heb “who have arisen against.”
22 tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”
23 tn Heb “so they destroyed them.”
24 tn Having quoted the Assyrian king’s arrogant words in vv. 23-24, the Lord now speaks to the king.
25 tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s amazement that anyone might be ignorant of what he is about to say.
26 tn Heb “formed.”
27 tn Heb “and it is to cause to crash into heaps of ruins fortified cities.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb תְּהִי (tÿhi) is the implied plan, referred to in the preceding lines with third feminine singular pronominal suffixes.
28 tn Heb “days are.”
29 tn Heb “good.”
30 tn Heb “and he said.” Many English versions translate, “for he thought.” The verb אָמַר (’amar), “say,” is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself). Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
31 tn Heb “Is it not [true] there will be peace and stability in my days?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, there will be peace and stability.”
32 tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (vÿyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hitikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (vÿyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.
33 tn Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”
34 tn Heb “your eyes will not see.”
35 tn Heb “man of God.”
