2 Kings 1:15

1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down ¹  with him to the king.

2 Kings 4:5

4:5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.

2 Kings 9:37

9:37 Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’” ² 

2 Kings 10:11

10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.

2 Kings 13:5

13:5 The Lord provided a deliverer ³  for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. ⁴  The Israelites once more lived in security. ⁵ 

2 Kings 14:11

14:11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, ⁶  so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. ⁷  He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face ⁸  in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Kings 15:12

15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, ⁹  “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ¹⁰  That is exactly what happened. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 25:21

25:21 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed ¹²  at Riblah in the territory ¹³  of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

[1:15]  ¹ sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.

[9:37]  ² tn Heb “so that they will not say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

[13:5]  ³ sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.

[13:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”

[13:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”

[14:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up.”

[14:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”

[15:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “It was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying.”

[15:12]  ⁶ tn “sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

[15:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was so.”

[25:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

[25:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “land.”