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
Lord 1 may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha
2 replied, “Don’t send them out.”
2 Kings 4:2
4:2 Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”
2 Kings 5:8
5:8 When Elisha the prophet 3 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 4 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
2 Kings 9:15
9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians
5 when he fought against King Hazael of Syria.
6 Jehu told his supporters,
7 “If you really want me to be king,
8 then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”
2 Kings 10:23
10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu
9 said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the
Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.”
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1 tn Or “the spirit of the Lord.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
4 tn Heb “Let him come.”
5 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
6 sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.
7 tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.
8 tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”