2 Kings 7:3

7:3 Now four men with a skin disease ¹  were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? ² 

2 Kings 10:8

10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, ³  “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu ⁴  said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

2 Kings 7:17

7:17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man ⁵  at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. ⁶  This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. ⁷ 

¹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.

² tn Heb “until we die.”

³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand he leans.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the people trampled him in the gate and he died.”

⁷ tn Heb “just as the man of God had spoken, [the word] which he spoke when the king came down to him.”