2 Kings 2:1

Elijah Makes a Swift Departure

2:1 Just before ¹  the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.

2 Kings 3:15

3:15 But now, get me a musician.” ²  When the musician played, the Lord energized him, ³ 

2 Kings 12:6

12:6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.

[2:1]  ¹ tn Or “when.”

[3:15]  ² tn The term used refers to one who plays a stringed instrument, perhaps a harp.

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord came on him.” This may refer to what typically happened, “[for] when a musician played, the hand of the Lord would come upon him.”