2 Kings 1:8

1:8 They replied, ¹  “He was a hairy man ²  and had a leather belt ³  tied around his waist.” The king ⁴  said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”

2 Kings 4:9

4:9 She said to her husband, “Look, I’m sure ⁵  that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet. ⁶ 

2 Kings 8:27

8:27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family. ⁸ 

2 Kings 14:11

14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, ⁹  so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. ¹⁰  He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face ¹¹  in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Kings 15:12

15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, ¹²  “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ¹³  That is exactly what happened. ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 15:35

15:35 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 18:8

18:8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress. ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “said to him.”

² tn Heb “an owner of hair.” This idiomatic expression indicates that Elijah was very hairy. For other examples where the idiom “owner of” is used to describe a characteristic of someone, see HALOT 143 s.v. בַּעַל. For example, an “owner of dreams” is one who frequently has dreams (Gen 37:19) and an “owner of anger” is a hot-tempered individual (Prov 22:24).

³ tn Heb “belt of skin” (i.e., one made from animal hide).

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “I know.”

⁶ tn Heb “holy man of God.”

⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for he was a relative by marriage of the house of Ahab.” For this use of חֲתַן (khatan), normally “son-in-law,” see HALOT 365 s.v. חָתָן. Ahab was Ahaziah’s grandfather on his mother’s side.

¹³ tn Heb “did not listen.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “It was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying.”

¹⁸ tn “sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and it was so.”

²¹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:9.