2 Kings 1:11

1:11 The king 1  sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, 2  “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” 3 

2 Kings 4:22

4:22 She called to her husband, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.”

2 Kings 5:10

5:10 Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored 4  and you will be healed.”

2 Kings 6:9-10

6:9 But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, “Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.” 6:10 So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it 5  to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions. 6 

2 Kings 6:23

6:23 So he threw a big banquet 7  for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back 8  to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel.

2 Kings 10:1

Jehu Wipes Out Ahab’s Family

10:1 Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. 9  So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, 10 

2 Kings 10:7

10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. 11  They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.

2 Kings 14:8

14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.” 12 

2 Kings 15:37

15:37 In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. 13 

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were 14  in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute 15  to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 17:25

17:25 When they first moved in, 16  they did not worship 17  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Kings 19:2

19:2 He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, 18  clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

2 Kings 19:9

19:9 The king 19  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. 20  He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

2 Kings 19:16

19:16 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! 21 

2 Kings 20:12

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan 22  son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

2 Kings 22:3

22:3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders: 23 

2 Kings 22:15

22:15 and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayya’an) is probably a corruption of “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayya’al). See v. 9.

3 sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.

4 tn Heb “will return to you.”

7 tn The vav + perfect here indicates action contemporary with the preceding main verb (“sent”). See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e.

8 tn Heb “and the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God spoke to him, and he warned it and he guarded himself there, not once and not twice.”

10 tn Or “held a great feast.”

11 tn Heb “they went back.”

13 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

14 tn Heb “to the officers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab, saying.” It is not certain why the officials of Jezreel would be in Samaria. They may have fled there after they heard what happened to Joram and before Jehu entered the city. They would have had time to flee while Jehu was pursuing Ahaziah.

16 tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”

19 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.

22 tn Heb “the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin…and Pekahiah….”

25 tn Heb “that was found.”

26 tn Or “bribe money.”

28 tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

29 tn Heb “fear.”

31 tn Heb “elders of the priests.”

34 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

35 tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘Look, he has come out to fight with you.’”

37 tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

40 tc The MT has “Berodach-Baladan,” but several Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:1 and read “Merodach-Baladan.”

43 tn Heb “with these orders, saying.”