2 Kings 1:2

1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria ¹  and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, ²  “Go, ask ³  Baal Zebub, ⁴  the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

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. ⁵ 

2 Kings 7:4

7:4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, ⁶  and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect ⁷  to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, ⁸  we’ll live; if they kill us – well, we were going to die anyway.” ⁹ 

2 Kings 7:9

7:9 Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. ¹⁰  If we wait until dawn, ¹¹  we’ll be punished. ¹²  So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

[1:2]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”

[1:2]  ³ tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”

[1:2]  ⁴ sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.

[6:19]  ⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[7:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city and we will die there.”

[7:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fall.”

[7:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “keep us alive.”

[7:4]  ¹² tn Heb “we will die.” The paraphrastic translation attempts to bring out the logical force of their reasoning.

[7:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “this day is a day of good news and we are keeping silent.”

[7:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the light of the morning.”

[7:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “punishment will find us.”