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2 Kings 3:4

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3:4 Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. 1  He would send as tribute 2  to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

2 Kings 3:14

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3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all 3  lives (whom I serve), 4  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, 5  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. 6 

2 Kings 4:8

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Elisha Gives Life to a Boy

4:8 One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent 7  woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. 8  So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal. 9 

2 Kings 5:11

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5:11 Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.

2 Kings 7:16

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7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah 10  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. 11 

2 Kings 12:11

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12:11 They would then hand over 12  the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen 13  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple,

2 Kings 13:19

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13:19 The prophet 14  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 15  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

2 Kings 15:16

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15:16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. 16  He even ripped open the pregnant women.

2 Kings 17:23

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17:23 Finally 17  the Lord rejected Israel 18  just as he had warned he would do 19  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

2 Kings 24:2

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24:2 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. 20 

1 tn For a discussion of the meaning of term (נֹקֵד, noqed), see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 43.

2 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.

3 tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

4 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

5 tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

6 tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

7 tn Heb “great,” perhaps “wealthy.”

8 tn Or “she urged him to eat some food.”

9 tn Or “he would turn aside there to eat some food.”

10 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

11 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

12 tn Heb “would give.”

13 tn Heb “doers of the work.”

14 tn Heb “man of God.”

15 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.

16 tn Heb “then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, for it would not open, and he attacked.”

tn Instead of “Tiphsah,” the LXX has “Tirzah,” while Lucian’s Greek version reads “Tappuah.” For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171.

17 tn Heb “until.”

18 tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

19 tn Heb “just as he said.”

20 tn Heb “he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.”



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