2 Kings 10:33

10:33 He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan. ¹ 

2 Kings 9:4

9:4 So the young prophet ²  went to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Kings 8:28

8:28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Kings 9:14

9:14 Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.

Jehu the Assassin

Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, ³  guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.

2 Kings 15:29

15:29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, ⁴  Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people ⁵  to Assyria.

2 Kings 9:1

Jehu Becomes King

9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild ⁶  and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container ⁷  of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Kings 15:25

15:25 His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. ⁸  Pekah then took his place as king.

2 Kings 9:15

9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ⁹  when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. ¹⁰  Jehu told his supporters, ¹¹  “If you really want me to be king, ¹²  then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

[10:33]  ¹ tn Heb “all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassehites, from Aroer which is near the Arnon Valley, and Gilead, and Bashan.”

[9:4]  ² tc Heb “the young man, the young man, the prophet.” The MT is probably dittographic, the phrase “the young man” being accidentally repeated. The phrases “the young man” and “the prophet” are appositional, with the latter qualifying more specifically the former.

[9:14]  ³ tn Heb “he and all Israel.”

[15:29]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[15:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “them.”

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”

[9:1]  ⁶ tn Or “flask.”

[15:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”

[9:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[9:15]  ⁸ sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.

[9:15]  ⁹ tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.