2 Kings 8:11

8:11 Elisha¹ just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable.² Then the prophet started crying.

2 Kings 12:17

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked³ Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.⁴

2 Kings 13:16

13:16 Then Elisha⁵ told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.”⁶ He did so,⁷ and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands.

2 Kings 4:31

4:31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha⁸ he told him, “The child did not wake up.”

2 Kings 4:34

4:34 He got up on the bed and spread his body out over⁹ the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s¹⁰ mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin¹¹ grew warm.

2 Kings 11:18

11:18 All the people of the land went and demolished¹² the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols¹³ to bits.¹⁴ They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest¹⁵ then placed guards at the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 21:7

21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.¹⁶

2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty.¹⁷ If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.”¹⁸ So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents¹⁹ of silver and thirty talents of gold.

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “and he made his face stand [i.e., be motionless] and set [his face?] until embarrassment.”

³tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

⁴tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

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

⁶tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”

⁷tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”

⁷tn Heb “to meet him.”

⁹tn Heb “he went up and lay down over.”

¹⁰tn Heb “his” (also in the next two clauses).

¹¹tn Or perhaps, “body”; Heb “flesh.”

¹¹tn Or “tore down.”

¹²tn Or “images.”

¹³tn The Hebrew construction translated “smashed…to bits” is emphatic. The adverbial infinitive absolute (הֵיטֵב [hetev], “well”) accompanying the Piel form of the verb שָׁבַר (shavar), “break,” suggests thorough demolition.

¹⁴tn Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.

¹³tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name perpetually (or perhaps “forever”).”

¹⁵tn Or “I have done wrong.”

¹⁶tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

¹⁷tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.