2 Kings 4:30
Context4:30 The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha 1 got up and followed her back.
2 Kings 8:18
Context8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. 2 He did evil in the sight of 3 the Lord.
2 Kings 8:27
Context8:27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of 4 the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family. 5
2 Kings 16:3
Context16:3 He followed in the footsteps of 6 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 7 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 8 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The referent must be Elisha here, since the following verse makes it clear that Gehazi had gone on ahead of them.
2 tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”
3 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
4 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
5 tn Heb “and he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the
6 tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”
7 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
8 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”