2 Kings 6:17

6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that¹ the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:20

6:20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.²

2 Kings 9:10

9:10 Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’”³ Then he opened the door and ran away.

2 Kings 19:16

19:16 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!⁴

2 Kings 13:17

13:17 Elisha⁵ said, “Open the east window,” and he did so.⁶ Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so.⁷ Elisha⁸ said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria.⁹ You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!”¹⁰

2 Kings 15:16

15:16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender.¹¹ He even ripped open the pregnant women.

2 Kings 4:35

4:35 Elisha¹² went back and walked around in the house.¹³ Then he got up on the bed again¹⁴ and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

2 Kings 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated¹⁵ you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!”¹⁶

2 Kings 8:12

8:12 Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Kings 7:2

7:2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man¹⁷ responded to the prophet,¹⁸ “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?”¹⁹ Elisha²⁰ said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”²¹

2 Kings 7:19

7:19 But the officer replied to the prophet, “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?”²² Elisha²³ said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”²⁴

2 Kings 7:12

7:12 The king got up in the night and said to his advisers,²⁵ “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’”

2 Kings 19:14

19:14 Hezekiah took the letter²⁶ from the messengers and read it.²⁷ Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

2 Kings 13:21

13:21 One day some men²⁸ were burying a man when they spotted²⁹ a raiding party. So they threw the dead man³⁰ into Elisha’s tomb. When the body³¹ touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man³² came to life and stood on his feet.

2 Kings 18:31

18:31 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me.³³ Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

2 Kings 25:4

25:4 The enemy broke through the city walls,³⁴ and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night.³⁵ They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden.³⁶ (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.³⁷

¹tn Heb “and he saw, and look.”

²tn Heb “and they saw, and look, [they were] in the middle of Samaria.”

³sn Note how the young prophet greatly expands the message Elisha had given to him. In addition to lengthening the introductory formula (by adding “the God of Israel”) and the official declaration that accompanies the act of anointing (by adding “the Lord’s people”), he goes on to tell how Jehu will become king (by a revolt against Ahab’s dynasty), makes it clear that Jehu will be an instrument of divine vengeance, and predicts the utter annihilation of Ahab’s family and the violent death of Jezebel.

⁴tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

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

⁶tn Heb “He opened [it].”

⁷tn Heb “and he shot.”

⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

¹⁰tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

⁶tn Heb “then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, for it would not open, and he attacked.”

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and he returned and went into the house, once here and once there.”

⁹tn Heb “and he went up.”

⁸tn Heb “anointed.”

⁹tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

⁹tn Heb “the officer on whose hand the king leans.”

¹⁰tn Heb “man of God.”

¹¹tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” Opening holes in the sky would allow the waters stored up there to pour to the earth and assure a good crop. But, the officer argues, even if this were to happen, it would take a long time to grow and harvest the crop.

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” See the note at 7:2.

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”

¹¹tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 13).

¹²tc 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.

¹³tc 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.

¹³tn Heb “and it so happened [that] they.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and look, they saw.”

¹⁵tn Heb “the man”; the adjective “dead” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶tn Heb “the man.”

¹⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (the dead man) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Otherwise the reader might think it was Elisha rather than the unnamed dead man who came back to life.

¹⁴tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”

¹⁵tn Heb “the city was breached.”

¹⁶tn The Hebrew text is abrupt here: “And all the men of war by the night.” The translation attempts to capture the sense.

¹⁷sn The king’s garden is mentioned again in Neh 3:15 in conjunction with the pool of Siloam and the stairs that go down from the city of David. This would have been in the southern part of the city near the Tyropean Valley which agrees with the reference to the “two walls” which were probably the walls on the eastern and western hills.

¹⁸sn Heb “toward the Arabah.” The Arabah was the rift valley north and south of the Dead Sea. Here the intention was undoubtedly to escape across the Jordan to Moab or Ammon. It appears from Jer 40:14; 41:15 that the Ammonites were known to harbor fugitives from the Babylonians.