2 Kings 19:16

19:16 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! ¹ 

2 Kings 15:16

15:16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. ²  He even ripped open the pregnant women.

2 Kings 6:17

6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that ³  the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:20

6:20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria. ⁴ 

2 Kings 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated ⁵  you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!” ⁶ 

2 Kings 13:17

13:17 Elisha ⁷  said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. ⁸  Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so. ⁹  Elisha ¹⁰  said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. ¹¹  You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” ¹² 

2 Kings 8:12

8:12 Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Kings 7:12

7:12 The king got up in the night and said to his advisers, ¹³  “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’”

2 Kings 4:35

4:35 Elisha ¹⁴  went back and walked around in the house. ¹⁵  Then he got up on the bed again ¹⁶  and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

2 Kings 7:2

7:2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man ¹⁷  responded to the prophet, ¹⁸  “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” ¹⁹  Elisha ²⁰  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ²¹ 

2 Kings 7:19

7:19 But the officer replied to the prophet, “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” ²²  Elisha ²³  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ²⁴ 

2 Kings 13:21

13:21 One day some men ²⁵  were burying a man when they spotted ²⁶  a raiding party. So they threw the dead man ²⁷  into Elisha’s tomb. When the body ²⁸  touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man ²⁹  came to life and stood on his feet.

2 Kings 18:31

18:31 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. ³⁰  Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

[19:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

[15:16]  ² tn Heb “then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, for it would not open, and he attacked.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Heb “and he saw, and look.”

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they saw, and look, [they were] in the middle of Samaria.”

[9:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “anointed.”

[9:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

[13:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “He opened [it].”

[13:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he shot.”

[13:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

[13:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

[7:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 13).

[4:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he returned and went into the house, once here and once there.”

[4:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he went up.”

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand the king leans.”

[7:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “man of God.”

[7:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” Opening holes in the sky would allow the waters stored up there to pour to the earth and assure a good crop. But, the officer argues, even if this were to happen, it would take a long time to grow and harvest the crop.

[7:2]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”

[7:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” See the note at 7:2.

[7:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:19]  ¹² tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”

[13:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and it so happened [that] they.”

[13:21]  ¹² tn Heb “and look, they saw.”

[13:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “the man”; the adjective “dead” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[13:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the man.”

[13:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the dead man) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Otherwise the reader might think it was Elisha rather than the unnamed dead man who came back to life.

[18:31]  ¹² tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”