2 Kings 2:8

2:8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

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 6:13

6:13 The king ¹  ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” ²  The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”

2 Kings 6:18

6:18 As they approached him, ³  Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people ⁴  with blindness.” ⁵  The Lord ⁶  struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. ⁷ 

2 Kings 13:18

13:18 Then Elisha ⁸  said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. ⁹  He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped.

2 Kings 17:25

17:25 When they first moved in, ¹⁰  they did not worship ¹¹  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Kings 23:10

23:10 The king ¹²  ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. ¹³ 

[6:13]  ¹ tn Heb “he” (also a second time in this verse); the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:13]  ² tn Heb “Go and see where he [is] so I can send and take him.”

[6:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and they came down to him.”

[6:18]  ² tn Or “this nation,” perhaps emphasizing the strength of the Syrian army.

[6:18]  ³ tn On the basis of the Akkadian etymology of the word, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 74) translate “blinding light.” HALOT 761 s.v. סַנְוֵרִים suggests the glosses “dazzling, deception.”

[6:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha.”

[13:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:18]  ² tn Heb “and he took [them].”

[17:25]  ¹ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

[17:25]  ² tn Heb “fear.”

[23:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:10]  ² sn Attempts to identify this deity with a god known from the ancient Near East have not yet yielded a consensus. For brief discussions see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor II Kings (AB), 288 and HALOT 592 s.v. מֹלֶךְ. For more extensive studies see George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek, and John Day, Molech: A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament.