2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, 1 who were standing at a distance, 2 saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah 3 rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
1 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
2 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”
3 tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”
4 tn Heb “until.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 tn Heb “just as he said.”
7 tn Heb “Also Judah I will turn away from my face.”
8 tn Heb “My name will be there.”
10 tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.