Discovery Box2 Kings 6:15 
Context6:15 The prophet’s 1 attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha, 2 “Oh no, my master! What will we do?”
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 3 the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
2 Kings 8:21
Context8:21 Joram 4 crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. 5 The Israelite army retreated to their homeland. 6
2 Kings 13:7
Context13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left 7 except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops 8 and trampled on them like dust. 9
1 tn Heb “man of God’s.”
2 tn Heb “his young servant said to him.”
3 tn Heb “and he saw, and look.”
4 sn Joram is a short form of the name Jehoram.
5 tn Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the impression that Joram was surrounded and launched a victorious night counterattack. It would then be quite natural to understand the last statement in the verse to refer to an Edomite retreat. Yet v. 22 goes on to state that the Edomite revolt was successful. Therefore, if the MT is retained, it may be better to understand the final statement in v. 21 as a reference to an Israelite retreat (made in spite of the success described in the preceding sentence). The translation above assumes an emendation of the Hebrew text. Adding a third masculine singular pronominal suffix to the accusative sign before Edom (reading אֶתוֹ [’eto], “him,” instead of just אֶת [’et]) and taking Edom as the subject of verbs allows one to translate the verse in a way that is more consistent with the context, which depicts an Israelite defeat, not victory. There is, however, no evidence for this emendation.
6 tn Heb “and the people fled to their tents.”
7 tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.
8 tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.
9 tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”
