2 Kings 19:7
Context19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; 1 he will receive 2 a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down 3 with a sword in his own land.”’”
2 Kings 2:15
Context2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, 4 who were standing at a distance, 5 saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah 6 rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
2 Kings 3:17
Context3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel 7 any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’
2 Kings 2:16
Context2:16 They said to him, “Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord 8 may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha 9 replied, “Don’t send them out.”


[19:7] 1 tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the
[19:7] 3 tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”
[2:15] 4 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
[2:15] 5 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”
[2:15] 6 tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”
[2:16] 10 tn Or “the spirit of the
[2:16] 11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.