2 Kings 3:17

3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel ¹  any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’

2 Kings 4:23

4:23 He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon ²  or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.” ³ 

2 Kings 5:12

5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! ⁴  Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

2 Kings 6:10

6:10 So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it ⁵  to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions. ⁶ 

2 Kings 18:36

18:36 The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

2 Kings 20:15

20:15 Isaiah ⁷  asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything ⁸  in my treasuries.”

¹ tn Heb “see.”

² sn The new moon was a time of sacrifice and special feasts (Num 28:14; 1 Sam 20:5). Apparently it was a convenient time to visit a prophet. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

³ tn Heb “peace.”

³ tn Heb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.

⁴ tn The vav + perfect here indicates action contemporary with the preceding main verb (“sent”). See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e.

⁵ tn Heb “and the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God spoke to him, and he warned it and he guarded himself there, not once and not twice.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Isaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “there was nothing I did not show them.”