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 2:19

Elisha Demonstrates His Authority

2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our ⁴  master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.” ⁵ 

2 Kings 5:10

5:10 Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored ⁶  and you will be healed.”

2 Kings 5:25

5:25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

2 Kings 6:1

Elisha Makes an Ax Head Float

6:1 Some of the prophets ⁷  said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you ⁸  is too cramped ⁹  for us.

2 Kings 6:31

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely ¹⁰  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” ¹¹ 

2 Kings 7:1

7:1 Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah ¹²  of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”

2 Kings 8:4

8:4 Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet’s ¹³  servant, and said, “Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.”

2 Kings 8:7

Elisha Meets with Hazael

8:7 Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king ¹⁴  was told, “The prophet ¹⁵  has come here.”

2 Kings 8:10

8:10 Elisha said to him, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,’ ¹⁶  but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die.”

2 Kings 13:16

13:16 Then Elisha ¹⁷  told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.” ¹⁸  He did so, ¹⁹  and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands.

[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.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “my.”

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “miscarries” or “is barren.”

[5:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “will return to you.”

[6:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[6:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sit before you.”

[6:1]  ¹² tn Heb “narrow, tight.”

[6:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

[6:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

[7:1]  ¹⁶ sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[8:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “man of God’s.”

[8:7]  ²² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:7]  ²³ tn Heb “man of God” (also a second time in this verse and in v. 11).

[8:10]  ²⁵ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) reads, “Go, say, ‘Surely you will not (לֹא, lo’) recover” In this case the vav beginning the next clause should be translated, “for, because.” The marginal reading (Qere) has, “Go, say to him (לוֹ, lo), ‘You will surely recover.” In this case the vav (ו) beginning the next clause should be translated, “although, but.” The Qere has the support of some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions, and is consistent with v. 14, where Hazael tells the king, “You will surely recover.” It is possible that a scribe has changed לוֹ, “to him,” to לֹא, “not,” because he felt that Elisha would not lie to the king. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 90. Another possibility is that a scribe has decided to harmonize Elisha’s message with Hazael’s words in v. 14. But it is possible that Hazael, once he found out he would become the next king, decided to lie to the king to facilitate his assassination plot by making the king feel secure.

[13:16]  ²⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:16]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”

[13:16]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”