Discovery Box2 Kings 4:38 
Context4:38 Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him 1 and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire 2 and boil some stew for the prophets.” 3
2 Kings 6:17
Context6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that 4 the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
2 Kings 16:3
Context16:3 He followed in the footsteps of 5 the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, 6 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 7 whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 17:17
Context17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, 8 and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. 9
1 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets were sitting before him.”
2 tn The words “the fire” are added for clarification.
3 tn Heb “sons of the prophets.”
4 tn Heb “and he saw, and look.”
5 tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”
6 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.
7 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
8 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.
9 tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the
