2 Kings 1:13

1:13 The king¹ sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell² on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

2 Kings 1:11

1:11 The king³ sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,⁴ “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”⁵

2 Kings 2:17

2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.⁶

2 Kings 15:23

Pekahiah’s Reign over Israel

15:23 In the fiftieth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria⁷ for two years.

2 Kings 15:27

Pekah’s Reign over Israel

15:27 In the fifty-second year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria⁸ for twenty years.

2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king⁹ sent a captain and his fifty soldiers¹⁰ to retrieve Elijah.¹¹ The captain¹² went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill.¹³ He told him, “Prophet,¹⁴ the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 2:16

2:16 They said to him, “Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord¹⁵ may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha¹⁶ replied, “Don’t send them out.”

2 Kings 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left¹⁷ except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops¹⁸ and trampled on them like dust.¹⁹

2 Kings 15:20

15:20 Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria.²⁰ Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

2 Kings 15:25

15:25 His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace.²¹ Pekah then took his place as king.

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

²tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”

³tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴tc 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.

⁵sn 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.

⁵tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁹map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

¹³tn Heb “to him.”

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

¹⁶tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

¹³tn Or “the spirit of the Lord.”

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵tn 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.

¹⁶tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

¹⁷tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”