2 Kings 19:7

19:7 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

2:15 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

3:17 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

2:16 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 Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[19:7]  ² tn Heb “hear.”

[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.”

[3:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “see.”

[2:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the spirit of the Lord.”

[2:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.