2 Kings 13:17

13:17 Elisha ¹  said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. ²  Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so. ³  Elisha ⁴  said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. ⁵  You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” ⁶ 

2 Kings 13:25

13:25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from ⁷  Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.

Jeremiah 37:10

37:10 For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces ⁸  fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’” ⁹ 

Hebrews 11:34

11:34 quenched raging fire, ¹⁰  escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, ¹¹  became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,

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

² tn Heb “He opened [it].”

³ tn Heb “and he shot.”

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

⁵ tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

⁶ tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

⁷ tn Heb “from the hand of.”

⁸ tn Heb “all the army of the Chaldeans.” For the rendering “Babylonian” in place of Chaldean see the study note on 21:4.

⁹ tn The length and complexity of this English sentence violates the more simple style that has been used to conform such sentences to contemporary English style. However, there does not seem to be any alternative that would enable a simpler style and still retain the causal and conditional connections that give this sentence the rhetorical force that it has in the original. The condition is, of course, purely hypothetical and the consequence a poetic exaggeration. The intent is to assure Zedekiah that there is absolutely no hope of the city being spared.

¹⁰ tn Grk “quenched the power of fire.”

¹¹ tn Or “recovered from sickness.”