2 Kings 2:20

2:20 Elisha ¹  said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.

2 Kings 3:15

3:15 But now, get me a musician.” ²  When the musician played, the Lord energized him, ³ 

2 Kings 20:7

20:7 Isaiah ordered, “Get a fig cake.” So they did as he ordered ⁴  and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered. ⁵ 

2 Kings 10:6

10:6 He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, ⁶  then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” ⁷  Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent ⁸  men of the city were raising them.

[2:20]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:15]  ² tn The term used refers to one who plays a stringed instrument, perhaps a harp.

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord came on him.” This may refer to what typically happened, “[for] when a musician played, the hand of the Lord would come upon him.”

[20:7]  ³ tn Heb “and they got [a fig cake].”

[20:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he lived.”

[10:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “If you are mine and you are listening to my voice.”

[10:6]  ⁵ sn Jehu’s command is intentionally vague. Does he mean that they should bring the guardians (those who are “heads” over Ahab’s sons) for a meeting, or does he mean that they should bring the literal heads of Ahab’s sons with them? (So LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum) The city leaders interpret his words in the literal sense, but Jehu’s command is so ambiguous he is able to deny complicity in the executions (see v. 9).

[10:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “great,” probably in wealth, position, and prestige.