Discovery Box2 Kings 7:2 
Context7:2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man 1 responded to the prophet, 2 “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” 3 Elisha 4 said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” 5
2 Kings 7:19
Context7:19 But the officer replied to the prophet, “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” 6 Elisha 7 said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” 8
2 Kings 21:3
Context21:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 9 and worshiped 10 them.
2 Kings 23:4-5
Context23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, 11 and the guards 12 to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of 13 Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. 14 The king 15 burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces 16 of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 17 23:5 He eliminated 18 the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices 19 on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices 20 to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)
1 tn Heb “the officer on whose hand the king leans.”
2 tn Heb “man of God.”
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”
tn In the Hebrew text vv. 18-19a are one lengthy sentence, “When the man of God spoke to the king…, the officer replied to the man of God, ‘Look…so soon?’” The translation divides this sentence up for stylistic reasons.
9 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:16.
10 tn Or “served.”
11 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
12 tn Or “doorkeepers.”
13 tn Heb “for.”
14 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).
15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
17 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
18 tn Perhaps, “destroyed.”
19 tn Or “burn incense.”
20 tn Or “burned incense.”
