Discovery Box2 Kings 3:11 
Context3:11 Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord’s direction?” 1 One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.” 2
2 Kings 6:20
Context6:20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria. 3
2 Kings 6:33
Context6:33 He was still talking to them when 4 the messenger approached 5 and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! 6 Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”
2 Kings 10:10
Context10:10 Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the Lord announced against Ahab’s dynasty has failed to materialize. The Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah.” 7
2 Kings 12:9
Context12:9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of 8 the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple.
2 Kings 17:21
Context17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. 9 Jeroboam drove Israel away 10 from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. 11
2 Kings 20:9
Context20:9 Isaiah replied, “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said. Do you want the shadow to move ahead ten steps or to go back ten steps?” 12
2 Kings 21:6
Context21:6 He passed his son 13 through the fire 14 and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. 15 He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. 16
2 Kings 24:2
Context24:2 The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets. 17
1 tn Heb “that we might inquire of the
2 tn Heb “who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” This refers to one of the typical tasks of a servant.
3 tn Heb “and they saw, and look, [they were] in the middle of Samaria.”
4 tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.
5 tn Heb “came down to him.”
6 tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the
7 tn Heb “Know then that there has not fallen from the word of the
8 tn Heb “on the right side of the altar as a man enters.”
9 tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”
10 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”
11 tn Heb “a great sin.”
12 tn The Hebrew הָלַךְ (halakh, a perfect), “it has moved ahead,” should be emended to הֲיֵלֵךְ (hayelekh, an imperfect with interrogative he [ה] prefixed), “shall it move ahead.”
13 tc The LXX has the plural “his sons” here.
14 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.
15 tn Heb “and he set up a ritual pit, along with conjurers.” The Hebrew אוֹב (’ov), “ritual pit,” refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a בַעֲלַת אוֹב (ba’alat ’ov), “owner of a ritual pit.” See H. Hoffner, “Second millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ’OñBù,” JBL 86 (1967), 385-401.
16 tc Heb “and he multiplied doing what is evil in the eyes of the
17 tn Heb “he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the
