2 Kings 2:3-5

2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild ¹  in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” ²  He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ³  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho. 2:5 Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Kings 2:14

2:14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, ⁴  hit the water with it, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.

2 Kings 3:11

3:11 Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord’s direction?” ⁵  One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.” ⁶ 

2 Kings 3:13-14

3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? ⁷  Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets!” The king of Israel replied to him, “No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.” 3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ⁸  lives (whom I serve), ⁹  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, ¹⁰  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 4:1-2

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets ¹²  appealed ¹³  to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. ¹⁴  Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.” 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 4:8

Elisha Gives Life to a Boy

4:8 One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent ¹⁵  woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. ¹⁶  So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal. ¹⁷ 

2 Kings 5:8

5:8 When Elisha the prophet ¹⁸  heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him ¹⁹  to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Kings 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ²⁰  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ²¹  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Kings 6:12

6:12 One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”

2 Kings 6:19-20

6:19 Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria. ²² 

6:20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria. ²³ 

2 Kings 8:13

8:13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” ²⁴  Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” ²⁵ 

2 Kings 13:17

13:17 Elisha ²⁶  said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. ²⁷  Elisha said, “Shoot!” and

he did so. ²⁸  Elisha ²⁹  said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. ³⁰  You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” ³¹ 

2 Kings 8:5

8:5 While Gehazi ³²  was telling the king how Elisha ³³  had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. ³⁴  Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

[2:4]  ³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him.” The wording is changed slightly in the translation for the sake of variety of expression (see v. 13).

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “that we might inquire of the Lord through him?”

[3:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” This refers to one of the typical tasks of a servant.

[3:13]  ⁹ tn Or “What do we have in common?” The text reads literally, “What to me and to you?”

[3:14]  ¹¹ tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

[3:14]  ¹² tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[3:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

[3:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”

[4:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

[4:1]  ¹⁴ tn Or “cried out.”

[4:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[4:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “great,” perhaps “wealthy.”

[4:8]  ¹⁶ tn Or “she urged him to eat some food.”

[4:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or “he would turn aside there to eat some food.”

[5:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

[5:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Let him come.”

[5:20]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

[5:20]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

[6:19]  ²¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[6:20]  ²³ tn Heb “and they saw, and look, [they were] in the middle of Samaria.”

[8:13]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Indeed, what is your servant, a dog, that he could do this great thing?” With his reference to a dog, Hazael is not denying that he is a “dog” and protesting that he would never commit such a dastardly “dog-like” deed. Rather, as Elisha’s response indicates, Hazael is suggesting that he, like a dog, is too insignificant to ever be in a position to lead such conquests.

[8:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “The Lord has shown me you [as] king over Syria.”

[13:17]  ²⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “He opened [it].”

[13:17]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and he shot.”

[13:17]  ³⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:17]  ³¹ tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”

[13:17]  ³² tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”

[8:5]  ²⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ³¹ tn Heb “and look, the woman whose son he had brought back to life was crying out to the king for her house and her field.”