2 Kings 2:15

2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, ¹  who were standing at a distance, ²  saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah ³  rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Kings 17:23

17:23 Finally ⁴  the Lord rejected Israel ⁵  just as he had warned he would do ⁶  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

2 Kings 23:27

23:27 The Lord announced, “I will also spurn Judah, ⁷  just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose – both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, “I will live there.” ⁸ 

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ⁹  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ¹⁰  killed him at Megiddo ¹¹  when he saw him.

[2:15]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”

[17:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “until.”

[17:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

[17:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “just as he said.”

[23:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “Also Judah I will turn away from my face.”

[23:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “My name will be there.”

[23:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

[23:29]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:29]  ¹² map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.