2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king ¹  sent a captain and his fifty soldiers ²  to retrieve Elijah. ³  The captain ⁴  went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. ⁵  He told him, “Prophet, ⁶  the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 2:3

2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild ⁷  in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” ⁸  He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Kings 2:5

2:5 Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Kings 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated ⁹  you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!” ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 9:6

9:6 So Jehu ¹¹  got up and went inside. Then the prophet ¹²  poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord’s people Israel.

2 Kings 25:27

Jehoiachin in Babylon

25:27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh ¹³  day of the twelfth month, ¹⁴  King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned ¹⁵  King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him ¹⁶  from prison.

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

² tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

³ tn Heb “to him.”

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

⁵ sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

⁶ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

⁷ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

⁸ tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

¹³ tn Heb “anointed.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁵ sn The parallel account in Jer 52:31 has “twenty-fifth.”

²⁶ sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.

²⁷ tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”

²⁸ tn The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.