2 Kings 2:17

2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. ¹ 

2 Kings 2:1

Elijah Makes a Swift Departure

2:1 Just before ²  the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.

2 Kings 18:4

18:4 He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. ³  He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time ⁴  the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. ⁵ 

2 Kings 18:13

Sennacherib Invades Judah

18:13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

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

² tn Or “when.”

³ tn The term is singular in the MT but plural in the LXX and other ancient versions. It is also possible to regard the singular as a collective singular, especially in the context of other plural items.

⁴ tn Heb “until those days.”

⁵ tn In Hebrew the name sounds like the phrase נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת (nÿkhash hannÿkhoshet), “bronze serpent.”