2 Kings 1:1

Elijah Confronts the King and His Commanders

1:1 After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. ¹ 

2 Kings 7:14

7:14 So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. ²  He ordered them, “Go and find out what’s going on.” ³ 

2 Kings 14:22

14:22 Azariah ⁴  built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king ⁵  had passed away. ⁶ 

2 Kings 5:21

5:21 So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?” ⁷ 

2 Kings 6:24

The Lord Saves Samaria

6:24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked ⁸  and besieged Samaria. ⁹ 

2 Kings 14:17

14:17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

2 Kings 6:19

6:19 Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 9:18-19

9:18 So the horseman ¹¹  went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹²  Jehu replied, “None of your business! ¹³  Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ¹⁴  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹⁵  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

2 Kings 9:25

9:25 Jehu ordered ¹⁶  his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

2 Kings 17:15

17:15 They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. ¹⁷  They paid allegiance to ¹⁸  worthless idols, and so became worthless to the Lord. ¹⁹  They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command. ²⁰ 

[1:1]  ¹ sn This statement may fit better with the final paragraph of 1 Kgs 22.

[7:14]  ² tn Heb “and the king sent [them] after the Syrian camp.”

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “Go and see.”

[14:22]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Azariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:22]  ⁴ sn This must refer to Amaziah.

[14:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “lay with his fathers.”

[5:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up.”

[6:24]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[6:19]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[9:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

[9:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[9:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

[9:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ⁹ tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.

[9:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “said to.”

[17:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “and his warnings he had given them.”

[17:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “They went [or, ‘followed’] after.” This idiom probably does not mean much if translated literally. It is found most often in Deuteronomy or in literature related to the covenant. It refers in the first instance to loyalty to God and to His covenant or His commandments (1 Kgs 14:8; 2 Chr 34:31) with the metaphor of a path or way underlying it (Deut 11:28; 28:14). To “follow other gods” was to abandon this way and this loyalty (to “abandon” or “forget” God, Judg 2:12; Hos 2:13) and to follow the customs or religious traditions of the pagan nations (2 Kgs 17:15). The classic text on “following” God or another god is 1 Kgs 18:18, 21 where Elijah taunts the people with “halting between two opinions” whether the Lord was the true God or Baal was. The idiom is often found followed by “to serve and to worship” or “they served and worshiped” such and such a god or entity (Jer 8:2; 11:10; 13:10; 16:11; 25:6; 35:15).

[17:15]  ¹² tn Heb “they followed after the worthless thing/things and became worthless.” The words “to the Lord” are not in the Hebrew text but are implicit from the context. There is an obvious wordplay on the verb “became worthless” and the noun “worthless thing”, which is probably to be understood collectively and to refer to idols as it does in Jer 8:19; 10:8; 14:22; Jonah 2:8.

[17:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “and [they walked] after the nations which were around them, concerning which the Lord commanded them not to do like them.”