2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king ¹  sent a captain and his fifty soldiers ²  to retrieve Elijah. ³  The captain ⁴  went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. ⁵  He told him, “Prophet, ⁶  the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 2:2

2:2 Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” ⁷  But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 10:13

10:13 Jehu encountered ⁸  the relatives ⁹  of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how ¹⁰  the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.”

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ¹¹  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ¹²  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ¹³  and horsemen of Israel!” ¹⁴ 

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ⁵ sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

[2:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[10:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “found.”

[10:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or “brothers.”

[10:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “for the peace of.”

[13:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ²¹ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ²² sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.