2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! 1  Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 6:18

6:18 As they approached him, 2  Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people 3  with blindness.” 4  The Lord 5  struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. 6 

2 Kings 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” 7 

1 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

2 tn Heb “and they came down to him.”

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

4 tn 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.”

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

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

3 tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?