2 Kings 2:17

2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. ¹ 

2 Kings 4:22

4:22 She called to her husband, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.”

2 Kings 6:2

6:2 Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said, “Go.”

2 Kings 6:25

6:25 Samaria’s food supply ran out. ²  They laid siege to it so long that ³  a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver ⁴  and a quarter of a kab ⁵  of dove’s droppings ⁶  for five shekels of silver. ⁷ 

2 Kings 7:3

7:3 Now four men with a skin disease ⁸  were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? ⁹ 

2 Kings 7:5

7:5 So they started toward ¹⁰  the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

2 Kings 7:15

7:15 So they tracked them ¹¹  as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. ¹²  The scouts ¹³  went back and told the king.

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 8:22

8:22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. ¹⁶  At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

2 Kings 9:20

9:20 The watchman reported, “He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; ¹⁷  he drives recklessly.”

2 Kings 9:22

9:22 When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?” ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 10:8

10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, ¹⁹  “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu ²⁰  said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

2 Kings 10:11

10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.

2 Kings 10:17

10:17 He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, ²¹  just as the Lord had announced to Elijah. ²² 

2 Kings 11:11

11:11 The royal bodyguard ²³  took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ²⁴ 

2 Kings 17:20

17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated ²⁵  them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.

2 Kings 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ²⁶  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

[2:17]  ¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:25]  ² tn Heb “and there was a great famine in Samaria.”

[6:25]  ³ tn Heb “and look, [they] were besieging it until.”

[6:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “eighty, silver.” The unit of measurement is omitted.

[6:25]  ⁵ sn A kab was a unit of dry measure, equivalent to approximately one quart.

[6:25]  ⁶ tn The consonantal text (Kethib) reads, “dove dung” (חֲרֵייוֹנִים, khareyonim), while the marginal reading (Qere) has “discharge” (דִּבְיוֹנִים, divyonim). Based on evidence from Akkadian, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 79) suggest that “dove’s dung” was a popular name for the inedible husks of seeds.

[6:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “five, silver.” The unit of measurement is omitted.

[7:3]  ³ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “until we die.”

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “they arose to go to.”

[7:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “went after.”

[7:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

[7:15]  ⁷ tn Or “messengers.”

[8:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[8:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”

[9:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi.”

[9:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “How [can there be] peace as long as the adulterous acts of Jezebel your mother and her many acts of sorcery [continue]?” In this instance “adulterous acts” is employed metaphorically for idolatry. As elsewhere in the OT, worshiping other gods is viewed as spiritual adultery and unfaithfulness to the one true God. The phrase “many acts of sorcery” could be taken literally, for Jezebel undoubtedly utilized pagan divination practices, but the phrase may be metaphorical, pointing to her devotion to pagan customs in general.

[10:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he struck down all the remaining ones to Ahab in Samaria until he destroyed him.”

[10:17]  ¹² tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to Elijah.”

[11:11]  ¹² tn Heb “the runners” (also in v. 19).

[11:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”

[17:20]  ¹³ tn Or “afflicted.”

[24:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”