Discovery Box2 Kings 3:7 
Context3:7 He sent 1 this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?” Jehoshaphat 2 replied, “I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal.” 3
2 Kings 4:27
Context4:27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. 4 The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
2 Kings 7:6
Context7:6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”
2 Kings 8:1
Context8:1 Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, 5 for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”
2 Kings 8:9
Context8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha. 6 He took along a gift, 7 as well as 8 forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son, 9 King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, 10 ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
2 Kings 12:4
Context12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal 11 all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, 12 the silver received from those who have made vows, 13 and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple. 14
2 Kings 13:23
Context13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. 15 He extended his favor to them 16 because of the promise he had made 17 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. 18
2 Kings 17:26
Context17:26 The king of Assyria was told, 19 “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people 20 because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”
1 tn Heb “went and sent.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoshaphat) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “I will go up – like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
4 tn Heb “her soul [i.e., ‘disposition’] is bitter.”
5 tn Heb “Get up and go, you and your house, and live temporarily where you can live temporarily.”
6 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn The Hebrew text also has “in his hand.”
8 tn Heb “and.” It is possible that the conjunction is here explanatory, equivalent to English “that is.” In this case the forty camel loads constitute the “gift” and one should translate, “He took along a gift, consisting of forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus.”
9 sn The words “your son” emphasize the king’s respect for the prophet.
10 tn Heb “saying.”
11 tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.
12 tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
13 tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
14 tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the
15 tn Or “showed them compassion.”
16 tn Heb “he turned to them.”
17 tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”
18 tn Heb “until now.”
19 tn Heb “and they said to the king of Assyria, saying.” The plural subject of the verb is indefinite.
20 tn Heb “Look they are killing them.”
