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 ¹  may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha ²  replied, “Don’t send them out.”

2 Kings 4:2

4:2 Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”

2 Kings 5:8

5:8 When Elisha the prophet ³  heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him ⁴  to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Kings 9:15

9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ⁵  when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. ⁶  Jehu told his supporters, ⁷  “If you really want me to be king, ⁸  then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

2 Kings 10:23

10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu ⁹  said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” ¹⁰ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Or “the spirit of the Lord.”

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

[5:8]  ³ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

[5:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “Let him come.”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[9:15]  ⁶ sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.

[9:15]  ⁷ tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.

[10:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”