2 Kings 2:8

2:8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

2 Kings 2:10

2:10 Elijah ¹  replied, “That’s a difficult request! ²  If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”

2 Kings 4:41

4:41 He said, “Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” ³  There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

2 Kings 6:2

6:2 Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said, “Go.”

2 Kings 8:15

8:15 The next day Hazael ⁴  took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s ⁵  face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 9:1

Jehu Becomes King

9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild ⁶  and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container ⁷  of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Kings 9:13

9:13 Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu’s ⁸  feet on the steps. ⁹  The trumpet was blown ¹⁰  and they shouted, “Jehu is ¹¹  king!”

2 Kings 10:7

10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. ¹²  They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.

2 Kings 12:5

12:5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.” ¹³ 

2 Kings 12:8

12:8 The priests agreed ¹⁴  not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 14:21

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were ¹⁶  in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute ¹⁷  to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 19:14

19:14 Hezekiah took the letter ¹⁸  from the messengers and read it. ¹⁹  Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

2 Kings 25:14-15

25:14 They also took the pots, shovels, ²⁰  trimming shears, ²¹  pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests. ²²  25:15 The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers ²³  and basins.

2 Kings 25:18

25:18 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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

² tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”

¹ tn Or “and let them eat.”

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

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”

² tn Or “flask.”

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

² tn Heb “and they hurried and took, each one his garment, and they placed [them] beneath him on the bone [?] of the steps.” The precise nuance of גֶרֶם (gerem), “bone,” is unclear. Some suggest the nuance “bare” here; it may be a technical architectural term in this context.

³ tn Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets.

⁴ tn Or “has become.”

¹ tn Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”

¹ tn Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage that is found there.” The word מַכָּר (makar), translated here “treasurer,” occurs only in this passage. Some suggest it means “merchant” or “benefactor.” Its usage in Ugaritic texts, where it appears in a list of temple officials, suggests that it refers in this context to individuals who were in charge of disbursing temple funds.

¹ tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.

² tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.

¹ tn Heb “that was found.”

² tn Or “bribe money.”

¹ tc The MT has the plural, “letters,” but the final mem is probably dittographic (note the initial mem on the form that immediately follows). Some Greek and Aramaic witnesses have the singular.

² tc The MT has the plural suffix, “them,” but this probably reflects a later harmonization to the preceding textual corruption (of “letter” to “letters”). The parallel passage in Isa 37:14 has the singular suffix.

¹ sn These shovels were used to clean the altar.

² sn These were used to trim the wicks.

³ tn Heb “with which they served [or, ‘fulfilled their duty’].”

¹ sn These held the embers used for the incense offerings.