2 Kings 4:16

4:16 He said, “About this time next year¹ you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

2 Kings 6:9

6:9 But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, “Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.”

2 Kings 6:18

6:18 As they approached him,² Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people³ with blindness.”⁴ The Lord⁵ struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.⁶

2 Kings 8:22

8:22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day.⁷ At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

2 Kings 9:1

Jehu Becomes King

9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild⁸ and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container⁹ of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Kings 10:2

10:2 “You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives,¹⁰

2 Kings 18:25

18:25 Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this place to destroy it. The Lord told me, ‘March¹¹ up against this land and destroy it.’”’”¹²

2 Kings 21:15

21:15 because they have done evil in my sight¹³ and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

2 Kings 22:17

22:17 This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices¹⁴ to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made.¹⁵ My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”

2 Kings 23:21-22

23:21 The king ordered all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant.” 23:22 He issued this edict because¹⁶ a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the judges; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah.¹⁷

¹tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

²tn Heb “and they came down to him.”

³tn Or “this nation,” perhaps emphasizing the strength of the Syrian army.

⁴tn On the basis of the Akkadian etymology of the word, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 74) translate “blinding light.” HALOT 761 s.v. סַנְוֵרִים suggests the glosses “dazzling, deception.”

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

⁶tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha.”

³tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”

⁴tn Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”

⁵tn Or “flask.”

⁵tn Heb “And now when this letter comes to you – with you are the sons of your master and with you are chariots and horses and a fortified city and weapons.”

⁶tn Heb “Go.”

⁷sn In v. 25 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 22. He claims that Hezekiah has offended the Lord and that the Lord has commissioned Assyria as his instrument of discipline and judgment.

⁷tn Heb “in my eyes.”

⁸tn Or “burned incense.”

⁹tn Heb “angering me with all the work of their hands.” The translation assumes that this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the preceding reference to “other gods,” as well as 19:18). However, it is possible that this is a general reference to their sinful practices, in which case one might translate, “angering me by all the things they do.”

⁹tn The Hebrew text has simply “because.” The translation attempts to reflect more clearly the logical connection between the king’s order and the narrator’s observation. Another option is to interpret כִּי (ki) as asseverative and translate, “indeed.”

¹⁰tn Heb “because there had not been observed [one] like this Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel and all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.”