2 Kings 2:9

2:9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, ¹  before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.” ² 

2 Kings 2:14

2:14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, ³  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 4:31

4:31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha ⁴  he told him, “The child did not wake up.”

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. ⁵ 

2 Kings 8:21

8:21 Joram ⁶  crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. ⁷  The Israelite army retreated to their homeland. ⁸ 

2 Kings 12:4

12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal ⁹  all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, ¹⁰  the silver received from those who have made vows, ¹¹  and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple. ¹² 

2 Kings 18:12

18:12 This happened because they did not obey ¹³  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ¹⁴  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ¹⁵ 

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”

[2:14]  ³ 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).

[4:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “to meet him.”

[6:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “the people saw, and look, [there was] sackcloth against his skin underneath.”

[8:21]  ⁹ sn Joram is a short form of the name Jehoram.

[8:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the impression that Joram was surrounded and launched a victorious night counterattack. It would then be quite natural to understand the last statement in the verse to refer to an Edomite retreat. Yet v. 22 goes on to state that the Edomite revolt was successful. Therefore, if the MT is retained, it may be better to understand the final statement in v. 21 as a reference to an Israelite retreat (made in spite of the success described in the preceding sentence). The translation above assumes an emendation of the Hebrew text. Adding a third masculine singular pronominal suffix to the accusative sign before Edom (reading אֶתוֹ [’eto], “him,” instead of just אֶת [’et]) and taking Edom as the subject of verbs allows one to translate the verse in a way that is more consistent with the context, which depicts an Israelite defeat, not victory. There is, however, no evidence for this emendation.

[8:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the people fled to their tents.”

[12:4]  ¹¹ tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.

[12:4]  ¹² tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

[12:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

[12:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”

[18:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[18:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his covenant.”

[18:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”