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 4:30

4:30 The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha ²  got up and followed her back.

2 Kings 6:31

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely ³  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” ⁴ 

2 Kings 7:7

7:7 So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

2 Kings 9:14

9:14 Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.

Jehu the Assassin

Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, ⁵  guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.

2 Kings 11:20

11:20 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

2 Kings 16:11

16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. ⁶  Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. ⁷ 

2 Kings 18:5

18:5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. ⁸ 

2 Kings 25:3

25:3 By the ninth day of the fourth month ⁹  the famine in the city was so severe the residents ¹⁰  had no food.

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

[4:30]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The referent must be Elisha here, since the following verse makes it clear that Gehazi had gone on ahead of them.

[6:31]  ³ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

[6:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “he and all Israel.”

[16:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”

[16:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”

[18:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before him.”

[25:3]  ⁷ tn The MT has simply “of the month,” but the parallel passage in Jer 52:6 has “fourth month,” and this is followed by almost all English translations. The word “fourth,” however, is not actually present in the MT of 2 Kgs 25:3.

[25:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the people of the land.”