2 Kings 22:4

22:4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down ¹  the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

2 Kings 22:8

22:8 Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.

2 Kings 22:2

22:2 He did what the Lord approved ²  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ³  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king ⁴  sent a captain and his fifty soldiers ⁵  to retrieve Elijah. ⁶  The captain ⁷  went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. ⁸  He told him, “Prophet, ⁹  the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 1:15

1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down ¹⁰  with him to the king.

[22:4]  ¹ tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (vÿyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hitikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (vÿyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.

[22:2]  ² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:2]  ³ tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ⁸ sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

[1:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

[1:15]  ¹⁰ sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.