2 Kings 2:18

2:18 When they came back, Elisha ¹  was staying in Jericho. He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

2 Kings 17:39

17:39 Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 2:12

2:12 While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, “My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” ²  Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

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 6:5

6:5 As one of them was felling a log, the ax head ³  dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, ⁴  my master! It was borrowed!”

2 Kings 14:21

14:21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Kings 2:23

2:23 He went up from there to Bethel. ⁵  As he was traveling up the road, some young boys ⁶  came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”

2 Kings 5:18

5:18 May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.” ⁷ 

2 Kings 6:30

6:30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes. ⁸ 

2 Kings 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. ⁹  The king ¹⁰  sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, ¹¹  Elisha ¹²  said to the leaders, ¹³  “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” ¹⁴  Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” ¹⁵ 

[2:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:12]  ² sn Elisha may be referring to the fiery chariot(s) and horses as the Lord’s spiritual army that fights on behalf of Israel (see 2 Kgs 6:15-17; 7:6). However, the juxtaposition with “my father” (clearly a reference to Elijah as Elisha’s mentor), and the parallel in 2 Kgs 13:14 (where the king addresses Elisha with these words), suggest that Elisha is referring to Elijah. In this case Elijah is viewed as a one man army, as it were. When the Lord spoke through him, his prophetic word was as powerful as an army of chariots and horses. See M. A. Beek, “The Meaning of the Expression ‘The Chariots and Horsemen of Israel’ (II Kings ii 12),” The Witness of Tradition (OTS 17), 1-10.

[6:5]  ³ tn Heb “iron.”

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Or “ah.”

[2:23]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[2:23]  ⁵ tn The word נַעַר (na’ar), here translated “boy,” can refer to a broad age range, including infants as well as young men. But the qualifying term “young” (or “small”) suggests these youths were relatively young. The phrase in question (“young boy”) occurs elsewhere in 1 Sam 20:35; 1 Kgs 3:7 (used by Solomon in an hyperbolic manner); 11:17; 2 Kgs 5:14; and Isa 11:6.

[5:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “When my master enters the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand and I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, when I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this thing.”

[6:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “the people saw, and look, [there was] sackcloth against his skin underneath.”

[6:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

[6:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

[6:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “elders.”

[6:32]  ¹² tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

[6:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”