2 Kings 2:2

2:2 Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” ¹  But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ²  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

2:6 Elijah said to him, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.

2 Kings 3:14

3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ³  lives (whom I serve), ⁴  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, ⁵  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. ⁶ 

2 Kings 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ⁷  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ⁸  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Kings 19:4

19:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ⁹  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ¹⁰  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ¹¹ 

¹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³ tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

⁵ tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

⁶ tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

⁴ tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

⁵ tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

⁵ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

⁶ tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

⁷ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”